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

[John Swindler]

To allow for expansion during hot weather?????   To allow for stretching due to weight of wires?

 

 


 
> Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:34:21 -0400
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: For Those Who Venture West of Pittsburgh
> From: shadow at gmail.com
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> 
> 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
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