[PRCo] Re: 1895 industrial map of Pittsburgh

[Bob Rathke]

Yes, fascinating. 



Bob 



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From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com> 
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 7:43:14 AM 
Subject: [PRCo] Re: 1895 industrial map of Pittsburgh 

  
  
Fascinating. Â 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 
> 
> 
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