[PRCo] Beaver Valley Transit

[Stephen Titchenal]

I'm trying to locate the route of the Beaver Valley Transit System in the
Ambridge - Edgeworth area.
Attached is a kmz (Google Earth file) and a screen shot with my best guess
based on information from Beaver County Trolleys (Rohrbeck 1985) and various
historic topos, aerials and county maps.

What was the route through Ambridge? Rohrbeck's map shows it leaving Beaver
Rd/Duss Ave for Merchant St. My guess was using 14th St., because 11th was
not yet built based on the 1908 topo. It is also possible that BVT used its
own right-of-way. 

Where did it end in Leetsdale/Edgeworth?

I am not sure when State St/Duss Ave/Beaver Rd was straightened south of
Baden. The early maps show a jog east near current Ehman Ave. Was BVT's
route changed? Rohrbeck's map does not show the jog, but the topo and county
maps do.

In the Beaver Falls area the original bridge used by the BVT across the
Beaver River (Bridge St to 3rd Ave) must have been removed at the time of
the PRR relocation in 1926. How did the BVT cross the river after that?

Thanks for any help with sources.

If you wish to keep up with my right-of-way research in the Pittsburgh area,
I am sharing a Google Map file and updating it irregularly. If you have a
smart phone that supports Google Earth, you can add this shared file to your
"My Maps" and actually follow it in the field. There are many paths, so the
web-based Google Maps does not displays them in sections. It is better to
use the kml link to view in Google Earth.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=204661335735556483333.0004a5a0f22a
bfa17cc00

This is a continual work in progress, but new sources of information are
always welcome. Some routes are more fully researched than others. I am
still struggling with the easiest way to manage changes to routes over time.
When I convert this to a GIS database, changes will be easier to manage.


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