[PRCo] Re: For Those Who Venture West of Pittsburgh

[Derrick Brashear]

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Derrick Brashear<shadow at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Ken and
> Tracie<ktjosephson at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> That be it! Thanks, Derrick.
>>
>> I wonder why the utility built the their tower line so high over the river
>> if the swing span wasn't used after the early part of the 20th Century? The
>> Ohio Turnpike bridge was built at the same level as the railroad bridge
>> during the 1950s and I am guessing the transmission line was built between
>> the 1930s and 1950s.
>
> The derailment that damaged it was in May, 1982.
>
> http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19820505&id=R3gUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pgIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6104,5324577
>

I lie. March 17, 1982.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19820519&id=4woVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pwIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4368,1434036

-- 
Derrick