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

Thu Dec 4 14:35:59 EST 2014

I noticed the new thrift store the day after it opened. I drive past it
every morning on the way to work. I need to stop in there sometime soon.

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:29 PM, D Brashear via Pittsburgh-railways <
pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org> wrote:

> That corner just got a new-as-of-September Salvation Army thrift store. I
> was waiting in line the morning it opened.
>
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Bob Rathke via Pittsburgh-railways <
> pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org> wrote:
>
> > Here's another photo of the Smithfield St. Bridge re-routing I took on
> > 10/23/66. Taken at Carson and South 10th Streets looking west toward
> South
> > High Stadium. The trolley is 1637 on route 42/38, heading downtown via
> the
> > 10th St. Bridge. Fred: note the Amoco gas station sign at the far right.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>
> > To: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 4:51:57 PM
> > Subject: Re: [PRCo] Smithfield Street Bridge Closed - September 1966 -
> > Tenth Street Bridge Used as Detour
> >
> > Thanks, Fred. I have a few other photos of trolleys/gas stations - I'll
> > search for them.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> > To: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>, "Western PA Trolley
> discussion"
> > <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 2:46:18 PM
> > Subject: Re: [PRCo] Smithfield Street Bridge Closed - September 1966 -
> > Tenth Street Bridge Used as Detour
> >
> > 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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