[PRCo] Re: 1895 industrial map of Pittsburgh

[John Swindler]

Fascinating.  Thank you, Derrick
 

 

> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:17:54 -0500
> Subject: [PRCo] 1895 industrial map of Pittsburgh
> From: shadow at gmail.com
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> 
> http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?c=darlmaps;rgn1=darlmaps_su;med=1;q1=Allegheny%20County%20%20Pa.;back=back1329790468;size=20;subview=detail;resnum=41;view=entry;lastview=thumbnail;cc=darlmaps;entryid=x-darmap0465;viewid=DARMAP0465.TIF
> 
> a.k.a.
> http://tinyurl.com/88wvya2
> 
> Of note, it claims to delineate territories which are served by
> different street railway companies. It shows the lines, but it claims
> to also separate the territories themselves.
> 
> How'd I get here? This seems to show the Squirrel Hill Electric
> Railway right of way that would have gone through the park, modulo E V
> Bigelow tossing them out (the blue line that
> parallels Joncaire)
> 
> -- 
> Derrick
> 
>