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

[Ken and Tracie]

That makes sense.

K.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 9:36 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: For Those Who Venture West of Pittsburgh


> To allow for expansion during hot weather?????   To allow for stretching 
> due to weight of wires?
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>> 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
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>> On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Ken and
>> Tracie<ktjosephson at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> > That be it! Thanks, Derrick.
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>> > 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 
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>> > the 1930s and 1950s.
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>> The derailment that damaged it was in May, 1982.
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>> http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19820505&id=R3gUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pgIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6104,5324577
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