[PRCo] Re: PennDOT historical maps (was: West Penn Street Car??)

[Donald Galt]

On 24 Jun 2008 at 22:19, Rich Rockwell wrote:

> These maps are great.  Thanks for sharing.
> I found something interesting on the 1912 Washington County map for those of
> you who are interested in Charleroi, Donora and Eldora Park.
> 
> The 1912 map
> (ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Histori
> cal_Scans/Washington_1912.pdf) shows something that is either an alternate
> route that had been planned for PRCo from Lock View to Monongahela, or it is
> a mistake.  Does anybody know anything about this?  The legend indicates it
> is an electric RR.
> 

Just a very careless rendering of the Charleroi interurban, I believe.

As mentioned earlier, these earlier maps are in no way the equal of the PennDOT 
maps.

Don G