[PRCo] PRCo Deadly Streets

[Herb Brannon]

Ed,
Here's another real estate ad from the era of Brookline expansion. At least
this company shows the trolley as the means to travel to and from Brookline
rather than the Liberty Tunnels.


On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:

>
> I wonder what Carmen  Monoxide would think about that?
>
> Dwight
>
> From: Edward H. Lybarger
> Sent: Thursday, 05 September, 2013 11:32
> To: 'Western PA Trolley discussion'
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRCo Deadly Streets
> Real estate people haven't changed much through the years.  The product is
> always described better than it is.  This is a super example, Herb!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org] On Behalf Of
> Herb
> Brannon
> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 10:54 AM
> To: Western PA Trolley discussion
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRCo Deadly Streets
>
> 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
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org
> > > [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org] On Behalf
> > > Of Lattner, Raymond
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 11:12 AM
> > > To: Western PA Trolley discussion (
> > pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org)
> > > Subject: [PRCo] PRCo Deadly Streets
> > >
> > > Any to add?
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.brooklineconnection.com/history/Facts/Roads1930/DeadlyRoads
> > .html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ray
> > >
> > >
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