[PRCo] West Penn in Latrobe

[Robert Netzlof]

To Derrick:

I see my latest message made it to the list AND the archive. All's
well that ends well, they tell me.

To Dwight and Fred:

Yes, there were two car barns. The old barn was on Jefferson Street,
on the block between Walnut and Chestnut Streets. It shows there on
the 1909 and 1921 Sanborn maps. The new barn was on Ligonier Street,
across from the brewery. It does not show on the 1921 Sanborn map, but
is visible on the 1939 aerial photo of Latrobe.

The new car barn, according to the Google Maps aerial view is now all
gone, apparently scraped away. I vaguely recall having been there
several years ago and seeing that part, but not all of the building
had been demolished. It may have been during that time frame that
Dwight saw it.

See attached annotated snippet of the 1939 aerial photo from
PennPilot. Light blue line marks trolley  line on Ligonier Street.
Light green turns west at Ligonier/Depot intersection, then turns onto
Jefferson on its way to the car barn. I've tinted the car barns pink.
Within my lifetime, West Penn was using the old barn as a garage and
storage building at their Latrobe substation.

The Westmoreland County Railway also got in the act in downtown
Latrobe, but I'll not presume to add a line for that based only on my
memory of previous discussion here.

-- 
Bob Netzlof a/k/a Sweet Old Bob



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