[PRCo] Re: 'maybe' not East McKeesport, another theory

[robert netzlof]

This evening I visited a friend, who had a copy of "Lewistown and the Pennsylvania Railroad" sitting out. Leafed through it and came up with a new theory on where that photo was taken. According to that book there was a street car line from Lewistown to Reedsville, a line which lasted into the 1920's or 30's. There was a railroad, the Milroy branch of the PRR which ran from Lewistown to (fanfare) Milroy, and of course a road from Reedsville to Lewistown. These all followed Kishacoquillas Creek.
See the map snippet I've attached, which is tucked away somewhere in the bowels of Derrick's machine now that Ecartis has gotten his grubby hands on it. Look at the area named Mann Narrows, between Yaegertown and Reedsville. It has:

1) a road (which later became US 322) 
2) street car line (note the little black lines across the red road)
3) a railroad

Further, I saw two photos taken in the vicinity of the bridge where the road and car line cross the creek which show a hillside covered with jumbled loose rock from which spring scrawny trees. On the map snippet, note the lack of green tint on the south side of Mann Narrows, indicating a lack of trees in that area.

I suggest, therefore, that the photo in question was taken on an expedition east of McKeesport, in the Mann Narrows on the way from Reedsville to Yaegertown.

Bob Netzlof a/k/a Sweet Old Bob

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