[PRCo] Re: Pittburgh Railway Company Map Draft

[Dwight Long]

Stephen

Nice to meet you at the Cole seminar!

I don't have data where I am today to suggest where WP entered Market Street 
in Brownsville, but I can tell you where it ended at least in latter years. 
This was at the curb opposite the Brownsville Union Station (which still 
exists).  There was a triangular building across the street from the station 
and this is where WP cars changed ends, on the downriver side of the street. 
The building had a variety of tenants, including at one time a bus station. 
If you look at the Google map, the location is approximately where the 
"Flatiron Visitors Center" is shown. This was NOT the vacated West Penn 
Electric office, which was across the street and maybe a half block further 
out from downtown Brownsville.

I've been told, but don't have supporting data to know the extent of it, 
that in earlier years the cars went further into town on Market Street. 
There are steel poles along that street that could well have been OHL 
supports--but that is just my speculation.

Dwight


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Titchenal" <stephen at titchenal.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 7:47 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Pittburgh Railway Company Map Draft


>I have posted a draft of a geographically correct map of the Pittsburgh
> Railway Company and surrounding area at its peak in the early 20th 
> Century.
> The background digital elevation image is low resolution to keep the
> document size reasonable while in draft form. Because of the number of
> vector layers, it may take awhile to load in Acrobat Reader. You can use 
> the
> layer navigation panel to turn individual layers on and off.
>
> http://railsandtrails.com/pdf/index.html
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>
> A number of list members have helped me trace some of the lines shown.
> Thanks for all your help.
>
> I would appreciate any feedback on missing or misplaced lines. I have not
> tied the map to a specific date, but tried to show lines that were in 
> place
> at anytime in the early 20th Century.
>
> A couple of questions:
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> 1. I assume the WP Oakdale and McDonald line followed Noblestown Road
> between the named cities. Where did it end in each city?
>
> 2. Did the WP enter Brownsville on 6th Ave and take Market to about 3rd 
> Ave?
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