[PRCo] Oil City counterbalance(!)

[Edward Skuchas]

The College Hill Line in Easton had a counter balance to allow cars to climb College Hill (Lafayette College) between N 3rd St. and Cattell St.


> On May 1, 2018, at 9:04 PM, Daria Phoebe Brashear via Pittsburgh-railways <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org> wrote:
> 
> I was surprised to find out that San Francisco used to have a
> counterbalance when I visited in March. Well, I'm thinking about it again
> because I'm back in SF again today, and so I did some reading.
> 
> Turns out Oil City also had a counterweighted trolley climb, apparently. I
> had no idea!
> 
> https://books.google.com/books?id=-lsyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA292&lpg=PA292&dq=%22Morgan+Park%22+counterbalance&source=bl&ots=xnXeSC7RY2&sig=i66tz1CschrNZkwoJiA7D-Jl_Rc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4yOSQ6uXaAhXR31QKHTh4AcwQ6AEILzAB#v=onepage&q=%22Morgan%20Park%22%20counterbalance&f=false
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> Daria Phoebe Brashear
> AuriStor, Inc
> dariaphoebe.com
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