[PRCo] Traffic on Oakmont Avenue

[Derrick Brashear]

On Jan 30, 2013, at 10:54 PM, robert netzlof <wb3iqe at rocketmail.com> wrote:

> --- On Wed, 1/30/13, Barry, Matthew R <mrb190 at pitt.edu> wrote:
> 
>> This would appear to be the roadway below and parallel to
>> Allegheny River Blvd., with railroad tracks in the
>> middle.   I thought the Verona-Oakmont
>> carline ran on Allegheny River Blvd, but I am not sure.
>> Anyone know?
> 
> I didn't, but the Hopkins Real Estate Map at:
> 
> http://digital.library.pitt.edu/maps/browse.html
> 
> does. I've attached a snippet of the appropriate map, (Eastern Vicinity, 1915, plate 36) slightly annotated. Derrick's Magic Mail Mauler will store it away somewhere in the bowels of his machine, leaving behind a link to it.
> 
> The red circle with a couple lines radiating from it marks where I think the cameraman stood to take the picture. As can be seen on the map, the street visible in the photo is Oakmont Avenue. 

The carline was on the south side of the tracks as it came in from Verona, certainly, since we talked about the bridge that used to be there before.

I didn't realize the embankment was that high, but I guess given how allegheny river blvd is now, that makes some sense.