[PRCo] Re: Verona Road at Frankstown 1936

[Derrick Brashear]

i can re-encode things to strip em down if you wanna zip and email to me.

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net> wrote:
> I found seven photos of this line when I was prowling Allegheny County
> photos some time ago.  Not this one, of course, and it's great because of
> the texture of the gas station. They're all too large to email at this point
> - 15-16 MB each - so let me see if I can dumb the best ones down for
> posting.
>
> Ed
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> -----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, May 26, 2009 3:15 PM
> To: 'pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org'
> Subject: [PRCo] Verona Road at Frankstown 1936
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> I have only ever seen a photograph of a streetcar with a VERONA destination
> sign, and also, a photograph of the trestle that once crossed over Coal
> Hollow Road at Verona Road, but no other pictures that documented trackage
> somewhere on the line.    Taken in 1936, I imagine the cars were still
> running over this trackage since the line wasn't abandoned until the
> following year - I think cutback to Laketon Road.   The photo is from the
> Historic Pittsburgh site, and here is the description:
> Title: Atlantic White Flash
> Date: October 6, 1936
> Creator: Pittsburgh City Photographer
> Description: An Auto Shop and Barber Shop at the intersection of Verona Road
> and Frankstown Avenue. Looking west from Verona Road.
>
> Matt
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Derrick