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

[Edward H. Lybarger]

So it seems!

I think one of the reasons for abandonment was that the County wanted to
improve the street (perhaps in conjunction with the McArdle Roadway
project???) and PRCo didn't want to renew the infrastructure.  I know there
was construction along Woodville Avenue; the line was abandoned east of
Banksville Road (including Woodruff Street) on May 28, 1932.  The line
between Banksville and the West End Circle was abandoned January 30, 1933. 

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Dwight
Long
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 1:51 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Woodruff Street to Mt. Washington Car Line

Ed

Only from photographers!

Dwight

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Edward H. Lybarger
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
  Sent: Wednesday, 13 April, 2011 13:43
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: Woodruff Street to Mt. Washington Car Line


  The PTM Library has Xerox copies of a series of Allegheny County photos
  showing the Woodruff Street trackage after abandonment.  They would be
  similar to the one Matt found in the PCP collection.  I don't think
Woodruff
  Street was receiving much attention in this era.

  Ed 

  -----Original Message-----
  From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
  [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
Derrick
  Brashear
  Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 1:39 PM
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: Woodruff Street to Mt. Washington Car Line

  i feel like i've seen the City Photog shot previously to the Pitt
Archives,
  perhaps Ed Lybarger has it in his collection.

  On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Barry, Matthew R <mrb190 at pitt.edu>
wrote:
  > 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=trol
  > ley+woodruff+street+to+mount+washington&source=bl&ots=_g_Z38zGSU&sig=S
  > kEuveN-Sv7ishl_MeY2HXFRXx4&hl=en&ei=ldSlTXLCt7YHjaeEvQI&sa=X&oi=book_r
  > esult&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=trolley%20woodruf
  > f%20street%20to%20mount%20washington&f=false
  >
  >
  >
  > Matt
  >
  >
  > -- Attached file removed by Ecartis and put at URL below --
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  > -- Desc: woodruff_1934.jpg
  > -- Size: 125k (128221 bytes)
  > -- URL : 
  > http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/woodruff_1934.jpg
  >
  >
  > -- Attached file removed by Ecartis and put at URL below --
  > -- Type: image/jpeg
  > -- Desc: woodruff.JPG
  > -- Size: 54k (56241 bytes)
  > -- URL : 
  > http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/woodruff.JPG
  >
  >
  >
  >



  --
  Derrick