[PRCo] Re: Ellsworth Avenue

Edward H. Lybarger trams2 at comcast.net
Wed Jul 29 20:04:44 EDT 2009


That was Mr. Magee's company. 

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of John
Swindler
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 7:40 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Ellsworth Avenue

 

 

Was there a Duquesne Traction, that gave the name to the eventual hockey/ice
skating ring???  Perhaps a predecessor of Consolidated Traction?

 

John, too lazy to look up.


 
> From: trams2 at comcast.net
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Ellsworth Avenue
> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:02:15 -0400
> 
> That's the place. I believe it's properly "Garden," but both have been 
> used interchangeably. I was in the place once to see the circus while 
> I was in elementary school.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of 
> robert simpson
> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 7:09 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Ellsworth Avenue
> 
> Isn't this the general area once occupied by the Duquesne Gardens - 
> where the old Pittsburgh Hornets once played hockey?  They were a 
> "farm team" of the Detroit Redwings as I remember.  The Gardens used 
> an enormous ammonia compressor which was steam powered.  The large 
> flywheel could then be seen from the Neville Avenue side when the 
> doors were open.  Sometimea s hint of ammonia could be smelled.
>  
> Bob
> from Krazy Kalifornia
>  
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> --- On Tue, 7/28/09, Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Ellsworth Avenue
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 12:02 PM
> 
> 
> It's always amusing to note that the government compelled the private 
> company to completely remove its tracks, but did not make similar 
> demands once the transit operator was the government.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of 
> Barry, Matthew R
> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 12:55 PM
> To: 'pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org'
> Subject: [PRCo] Ellsworth Avenue
> 
> Hi Folks,
> I'm sorry I can't find the email, but I know one of you mentioned that 
> Ellsworth Avenue was currently scraped, for re-paving, and that the
> streetcar tracks are evident.   Yes, indeed.   Attached are some photos I
> took on Sunday.     While walking along Ellsworth, it was interesting to
see
> the looks on  a couple young (maybe twenty-something) 10-speed bikers'
faces
> as they rode by.   They stopped, pointed at the tracks that curved from
> Ellsworth onto Neville.  I couldn't hear their conversation, except for
the
> word "rails."     I walked across to them -perhaps to give a little
transit
> history - but they peddled away before they saw me.
> 
> The photo I have labeled, "ellsworth looking twd layover area,"    I
believe
> this is where the cars were stored by Pittsburgh Railways for rush 
> hours, for baseball crowds leaving Forbes Field.
> 
> Matt
> 
> 
> -- Attached file removed by Ecartis and put at URL below --
> -- Type: image/jpeg
> -- Desc: ellsworth001_neville.JPG
> -- Size: 242k (248687 bytes)
> -- URL :
> http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/ellsworth001_nevil
> le.JPG
> 
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> -- Attached file removed by Ecartis and put at URL below --
> -- Type: image/jpeg
> -- Desc: ellsworth002.JPG
> -- Size: 220k (225484 bytes)
> -- URL :
> http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/ellsworth002.JPG
> 
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> -- Attached file removed by Ecartis and put at URL below --
> -- Type: image/jpeg
> -- Desc: ellsworth.JPG
> -- Size: 244k (250678 bytes)
> -- URL : 
> http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/ellsworth.JPG
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> 
> -- Attached file removed by Ecartis and put at URL below --
> -- Type: image/jpeg
> -- Desc: ellsworth_looking_twd_layover_area.JPG
> -- Size: 247k (253789 bytes)
> -- URL :
> http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/ellsworth_looking_
> twd_la
> yover_area.JPG
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> -- Attached file removed by Ecartis and put at URL below --
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> -- Desc: ellsworth_looking_twd_neville.JPG
> -- Size: 218k (224247 bytes)
> -- URL :
> http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/ellsworth_looking_
> twd_ne
> ville.JPG
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> -- Desc: ellsworth_neville002.JPG
> -- Size: 273k (280130 bytes)
> -- URL :
> http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/ellsworth_neville0
> 02.JPG
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> -- Attached file removed by Ecartis and put at URL below --
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> -- Desc: ellsworth_outbnd_turn_fr_neville.JPG
> -- Size: 228k (233567 bytes)
> -- URL :
> http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/ellsworth_outbnd_t
> urn_fr
> _neville.JPG
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> -- Desc: ellsworth_tracks.JPG
> -- Size: 240k (246376 bytes)
> -- URL :
> http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/ellsworth_tracks.J
> PG
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> -- Size: 245k (250901 bytes)
> -- URL :
> http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/ellsworth_tracks00
> 2.JPG
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