[PRCo] PRCo Deadly Streets

[Fred Schneider]

I wish my dad was here to read and comment.   He moved to Pittsburgh in 1928 to finish his education at Carnegie Tech and eventually settled there working for Gulf Oil … that was when the research lab was in Oakland … before they moved it to Harmarville.  My dad recalled that it was a different world then … you ran a lubrication test, you tore down your own engine afterward … there were no mechanics to do the work for you.     He would have driven his Model A Ford through the tunnel in 1930.   (Yes, I know, we also wish Sam Lybarger was here to comment … he and my dad were in the same class at Carnegie.)   And Bob D's father, having owned that gas station on Mt. Oliver, could have told us a lot.   


On Sep 5, 2013, at 10:54 AM, Herb Brannon wrote:

> This realty company advertisement from 1924 is interesting. It shows scores
> of people walking through the Liberty Tunnels using four sidewalks. In the
> late 1920s, early 1930s auto traffic had to be restricted by limiting the
> number of vehicles in the tunnels at any given time. This was done because
> many drivers were actually becoming Carbon Monoxide victims during peak
> traffic periods when traffic would be standing in the tunnels. This also
> brought about the installation of a ventilation system to keep the air
> somewhat clean inside the tubes. I could imagine that the majority of those
> pedestrians, walking through the tubes in the advertisement, would never
> make out the other end do to Carbon Monoxide gas.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>wrote:
> 
>> And I walked through the much shorter Armstrong Tunnel from the 10th St.
>> Bridge.   We were both nutz as kidz.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Sep 5, 2013, at 8:48 AM, BobDietrich wrote:
>> 
>>> The south portal of the Liberty Tubes was rated so deadly because it was
>> so
>>> detrimental to the health of the guys who had to work there.  Can you
>>> imagine breathing the exhaust of all those cars all day on top of the
>> normal
>>> city pollution.
>>> 
>>> This reminds me of a stunt I pulled that I'll bet none of you were dumb
>>> enough to do - I rode my bike through the Tubes one day.  We'll I think I
>>> walked it most of the way.  It was back when they still had a sidewalk
>> about
>>> three feet above the roadway so I was not in the traffic.  It still
>> scared
>>> the crap out of me.
>>> 
>>> Bob
>>> 
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>>> Any to add?
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://www.brooklineconnection.com/history/Facts/Roads1930/DeadlyRoads.html
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Ray
>>> 
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