[PRCo] Re: West Penn system map

[Edward H. Lybarger]

The reality is that this map is an ornamentation.

The lines Dwight mentions are missing.  The Phillips route, which was opened
in pieces between Graham's Crossing and Uniontown during 1910-1914, is shown
as complete.  The line from Hecla to Baggaley, finished in 1913 and 1914, is
still shown as "proposed."  The Oakdale-McDonald property is not shown as an
owned railway line.

So please don't use this document for investment purposes.

Ed

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Long
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 12:17 AM
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Subject: [PRCo] Re: West Penn system map

Derrick

The map is the same one that is in the West Penn 75th anniversary book.  In
that tome it is said to be a 1912 map, but if that is correct, it was out of
date when issued.  I think it is actually pre-1906, as by that year the gap
between Lazearville and Steubenville had been closed, as well as the line to
Weirton opened.

Perhaps Ed can clarify the date.  

Dwight
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Derrick Brashear
  To: Pittsburgh Railways Group
  Sent: Tuesday, 29 June, 2010 13:38
  Subject: [PRCo] West Penn system map


 
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/txu-oclc-6445490-electric_railway-
pittsburgh-1913.jpg

  This site, incidentally, is a treasure-trove of old maps.

  --
  Derrick