[PRCo] Re: Woodruff Street to Mt. Washington Car Line

[Dwight Long]

Matt

That would have been PRC Rt. 33, which was abandoned during the Depression.  I think it was converted in 1933 (I am probably conflating the route number with the year of conversion), but AMCAP says 1932.  At any rate, I believe it was the very first tram to bus conversion by the Railways.

Dwight

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  From: Barry, Matthew R 
  To: 'pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org' 
  Sent: Wednesday, 13 April, 2011 12:57
  Subject: [PRCo] Woodruff Street to Mt. Washington Car Line


  Really never saw any photos of the car line which ran from the West End up to Mt. Washington.   Here's a couple, one with just trackage shown, and the other with a car going by.
  The first photo (from Historic Pittsburgh website) is described as:

  Title: Exposed and Broken Sewer Line
  Date: August 10, 1934
  Creator: Pittsburgh City Photographer
  Description: Woodruff Street improvement.

  The second photo is from the book, Images of America, Mt. Washington & Duquesne Heights.  Got it right from a Google search:   http://books.google.com/books?id=tzsu58CfZrQC&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51&dq=trolley+woodruff+street+to+mount+washington&source=bl&ots=_g_Z38zGSU&sig=SkEuveN-Sv7ishl_MeY2HXFRXx4&hl=en&ei=ldSlTXLCt7YHjaeEvQI&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=trolley%20woodruff%20street%20to%20mount%20washington&f=false



  Matt


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