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

[Dwight Long]

Ed

Ah Ha!  So both AMCAP and I were right, in part.  

Thanks for restoring (some) faith in an old fart's memory.

dwight

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Edward H. Lybarger 
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, 13 April, 2011 14:04
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: Woodruff Street to Mt. Washington Car Line


  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