[PRCo] Smithfield Street Bridge Closed - September 1966 - Tenth Street Bridge Used as Detour

[D Brashear]

http://wiki.carrick-overbrook.org/Trolley_Barns

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 9:34 PM, D Brashear <shadow at dementix.org> wrote:

> Basically where the carhouse was.
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Herb Brannon <hrbraninpgh at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> There are still thirty (30) operating Gulf Oil stations in metro
>> Pittsburgh. The majority of them are within the city limits or the first
>> ring of suburbs. The one two blocks from my apartment building still pumps
>> the gasoline for you and does auto repairs. It's located at 2532
>> Brownsville Road.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 4:30 PM, D Brashear via Pittsburgh-railways <
>> pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org> wrote:
>>
>>> T Boone Pickens, Mesa Petroleum. 1984ish.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Fred Schneider via Pittsburgh-railways <
>>> pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Bob:
>>> >
>>> > I know that railfans are interested mostly in railways and the other
>>> > things wash off their backs.   But I must offer congratulations for
>>> you're
>>> > having gotten another piece of old Pittsburgh history into the picture,
>>> > i.e. the Gulf filling station.
>>> >
>>> > Without researching it, I could not tell you when it was that it
>>> vanished
>>> > as an independent oil company.   I only recall that someone tried to
>>> buy it
>>> > and Gulf objected.   Chevron came charging in on a white horse with
>>> Gulf's
>>> > blessing to save it.  But Chevron didn't save it.   They kept what they
>>> > wanted and sold off the rest.    The original name?   It came from the
>>> Gulf
>>> > of Mexico.
>>> >
>>> > fws
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Dec 3, 2014, at 1:11 PM, Bob Rathke via Pittsburgh-railways wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > I photographed the Carson St. re-routing on several of those
>>> weekends in
>>> > September and October, 1966 - at various locations including South 10th
>>> > St., the Smithfield St. Bridge and 2nd Avenue.  Here's one of the
>>> slides,
>>> > looking north at Carson and 10th on 10/23/66.
>>> > >
>>> > > ----- Original Message -----
>>> > >
>>> > > From: "Matthew R via Pittsburgh-railways Barry" <
>>> > pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org>
>>> > > To: "Western PA Trolley discussion (
>>> > pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org)" <
>>> > pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org>
>>> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 11:40:39 AM
>>> > > Subject: [PRCo] Smithfield Street Bridge Closed - September 1966 -
>>> Tenth
>>> > Street Bridge Used as Detour
>>> > >
>>> > > Good thing that the Tenth Street Bridge was still
>>> streetcar-operational
>>> > in September 1966 when the Smithfield Street Bridge had to be closed
>>> for
>>> > "six Sundays."  I think one of you had some jpegs of this unique
>>> > operation.  Can just imagine taking a 42 Dormont by way of the Tenth
>>> Street
>>> > Bridge and back-tracking to the South Hills Trolley Tunnel.
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ap1RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dWwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2435%2C1895145
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > Matt
>>> > >
>>> > >
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