[PRCo] Re: PRC 313A-317-1202 Franchise Car

[John Swindler]

I thought Linden Grove was a former P&CS site, but can't recall where this "impression" came from.  But you are right - that article raises more questions to investigate.
 
But there was a small wooden structure by the tracks both at Grove Rd. and Frederick St. (Glenbury) that were former P&CS structures.  This was a comment from Baxter on a long-ago fantrip.  Pity PTM didn't save one, but then again, every possession is also a liability.
 
John
 
 
> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> Subject: [PRCo] Re: PRC 313A-317-1202 Franchise Car> Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 15:36:12 -0500> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > Finally had a chance to read this document over an Indian lunch > today. At the time the coke "battery" existed, the P&CS only ran > 1.5 miles from somewhere to somewhere. It could be no farther south > than McKinley Park. However, if we assume the tunnel and the long > curve were part of it, that shortens the south end to just about > where the Liberty Tubes come out today and makes more sense.> > That is a great link to the Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon. The rest > of you ought to read it. Amazing that the railroad had options on > about 1.89 square miles of land which became the towns of Overbook > and Castle Shannon. I wish John Swindler would read it and tell me > if Linden Grove under a former name was one of those sites that P&CS > owned.> > Now I need to go to the list of Civil War batteries.> > > On Jan 30, 2009, at 11:23 PM, Derrick J Brashear wrote:> > > On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Schneider Fred wrote:> >> >> I've been searching old maps and other on-line sources for several> >> hours without success. Perhaps one of you has the answer to this> >> question:> >>> >> Two locations are involved with the 313A-317-1202 franchise car that> >> make no sense at all to me:> >>> >> One is called "Battery." This place called Battery was six minutes> >> from the office at South Hills Tunnel by some route. I have no idea> >> what a battery is. I've looked on maps for batteries of coke ovens> >> and storage batteries. I've looked at the 1884 industrial map of> >> Pittsburgh. Nothing is popping out.> >> > Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon Railroad had 8 coke ovens. Is that a > > battery?> > Is that "the" battery? I dunno.> >> > http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/pa/pa3400/pa3483/data/pa3483.pdf> >> > I don't know (yet) where they were. One presumes "along the Overbrook> > line"> >> >> The other place is 3rd St. and Washington Road. Well, guess what,> >> there was no intersection of 3rd Street and Washington Road.> >> > *Old* Hopkins shows Carson St *west* of Smithfield as "Washington> > Turnpike".> >> > Washington Avenue (Warrington) on Sanborns of 1893; No sign of a paper> > street down from Climax.> >> >> > 
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