[PRCo] Re: Beaver Valley Transit

[Stephen Titchenal]

>>>In Edgeworth: The park was in the southeast quarter of the 
intersection, and until at least the 1960s, the rails were still there from 
the curve to the curb fronting the park.

The only park I see on the 1940 Hopkins is Way Park in the southWEST quarter
of the intersection bordering Beaver Rd, Quaker Rd. and Meadow Ln. The 1906
Hopkins shows a small pond in this location.  The Rohrbeck map shows a jog
southeast at Edgeworth, but there is quite a ridge east of Beaver Rd. and no
parks identified.


Regarding the bridges between Beaver Falls and New Brighton. From north to
south, this is what I have been able to piece together: 

10th Street Bridge just south of dam built in 1890 dismantled in 2001.
Bridge abutments still visible. Used by the Riverview line.  Did the BVT
eventually use the Riverview route? If so did it extend the Riverview line
south along 14th St to meet up with the original line on 3rd Ave in New
Brighton?

7th Street Bridge. Originally PRR main line, converted to highway in the
fall of 1926 when the PRR was relocated to a new bridge south of this point
in June 1926. Replaced in ?

Covered Bridge. (replaced by 1901 as New Brighton Panoramic View shows
uncovered bridge.)
This bridge must have been removed when the new PRR bridge was built and
opened in 1926. Is this when the BVT started using the 10th Street Bridge?

(Photos on pages 10,28,44 of Rohrbeck book.)

The photo on page 44 also shows the Paterson Heights Street Ry. Loop. It
must have run along side the BVT tracks on bridge street?


The Rohrbeck map also shows a branch northwest at the intersection of 14th
St and Merchant in Ambridge. It appears to follow Merchant St. around a bend
to the PRR by the Ohio River and Ohio View Ave. This area is now obliterated
by Rt. 65. The 1906 Hopkins plate 12 shows the Economy RR station and
Harmony Society (dissolved in 1905) further south than the branch appears to
extend on the Rohrbeck map.

Thanks for the help.