[PRCo] Re: so where was it?

[Herb Brannon]

Also, the silver metal utility poles look like the poles used throughout
the PRCo service area to support overhead wires. I'm thinking the location
is on a former streetcar line.
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:46, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:

> The White Castle history indicates that several were built in Pittsburgh
> in the 1930s/40s. It's for that reason I said the building in the photo
> (back on topic) may have been an old, closed down White Tower OR White
> Castle and in 1979 was under private ownership, especially since no signs
> are visible on the structure.
>
> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:37, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:
>> > Could it have been an old White CASTLE restaurant? They were similar to
>> > White Tower in design. Most of them are gone now. Cleveland has a few
>> > remaining and Pittsburgh shows one remaining.
>>
>> Pittsburgh never had White Castle. The nearest White Castle is currently
>> Akron.
>> I checked 2 days ago for unrelated reasons.
>>
>> > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:06, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net>
>> wrote:
>> >> > A couple of the photos in that series were taken at US Steel Wheel &
>> Axle
>> >> > Works which is at Nichol Avenue and Graham Street, McKees Rocks.
>> Nichol
>> >> is
>> >> > the street on which the PRCo #24 line ran. Island Avenue is just
>> above
>> >> > Nichol Avenue.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> yeah. but that i can tell there was no white tower there, and i can't
>> >> find a spot that looks exactly like that.
>> >>
>> >> there was a white tower on chartiers ave, until 2010. it's still in
>> >> the google streetview.
>> >>
>> >> > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 09:48, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >> > If you look at other photos in the WGRF #14 Outing you see that
>> some
>> >> of
>> >> >> > them were taken in McKees Rocks. Could the bus photo be in the
>> McKees
>> >> >> Rocks
>> >> >> > area? The bus would have been assigned to Collier if that is the
>> case.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> it looks like above island avenue in stowe, terrain-wise.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 00:23, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> It looks like a White Tower which has been converted to a private
>> >> owner
>> >> >> >> restaurant.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Reverse telephone number files place the PNB telephone number
>> (on the
>> >> >> sign
>> >> >> >> on the building) in two possible places. One is Dravosburgh the
>> other
>> >> >> >> Coraopolis. Bear in mind that was 33 years ago also.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> In 1979 PATransit bus 2464 could have been at West Mifflin or
>> >> Collier.
>> >> >> >> Harmar Garage had 2400s but I remember them in the low numbers.
>> It
>> >> did
>> >> >> not
>> >> >> >> work out of  East Liberty because there were no 2400s there in
>> 1979,
>> >> >> only
>> >> >> >> 2100s, 2300s, and 2500s in the PAT-purchased GMC new-look bus
>> >> series. If
>> >> >> >> that information helps narrow down the location. The bus
>> probably was
>> >> >> on a
>> >> >> >> charter for the WGRF (Worlds Greatest RailFans).
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 23:49, Derrick Brashear <
>> shadow at gmail.com>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>> http://www.pbase.com/michaeljsosalla/image/134077016
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>> That looks like a White Tower, but no White Tower I know of
>> fits:
>> >> >> >>> -6th St
>> >> >> >>> -Liberty at William Penn
>> >> >> >>> -Liberty at 11th
>> >> >> >>> -Centre and Craig
>> >> >> >>> -Chestnut by the Heinz Plant
>> >> >> >>> -Cedar near East Ohio
>> >> >> >>> -Penn Circle South at S Beatty
>> >> >> >>> -Chartiers Ave, McKees Rocks
>> >> >> >>> -Forbes Avenue, Oakland
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>> There were a total of 15 White Towers in Pittsburgh, and that's
>> 9 of
>> >> >> them.
>> >> >> >>> --
>> >> >> >>> Derrick
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> --
>> >> >> >> Herb Brannon
>> >> >> >> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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>> >> >> > Herb Brannon
>> >> >> > In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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>> >> >> Derrick
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>> >> > Herb Brannon
>> >> > In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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>> >> Derrick
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>> > Herb Brannon
>> > In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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>> Derrick
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> Herb Brannon
> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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