Download or read book Pittsburgh Trolley Pictorial written by Pennsylvania Railway Museum Association, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Touring Pittsburgh by Trolley written by Harold A. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pittsburgh Streamlined Trolleys written by Kenneth C. Springirth and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pittsburgh Streamlined Trolleys covers the history of the trolley car system that once had the third largest fleet of Presidents' Conference Committee trolley cars in North America. Pittsburgh Railways Company was very innovative and constantly made design improvements in its trolley cars. This led to increased ridership, as these streamlined trolleys were quiet, fast, and had comfortable seating. With the increased use of automobiles, ridership declined. After the Port Authority of Allegheny County took over Pittsburgh Railways, most of the trolley routes were abandoned. However, a number of trolleys were refurbished with paint schemes that included psychedelic commercial advertising and community messages. The last runs of these trolleys occurred in 1999, and new light rail vehicles are now in service.
Download or read book Viewing Pittsburgh s Trolleys and Inclines written by Kenneth C. Springirth and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historic Photos of Pittsburgh written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded on a triangle of land bounded by two mighty rivers, Pittsburgh has a long and storied chapter in American history. Currently the second-largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh grew from a fur-trading post into Steeltown, U.S.A. Its immense steel factories symbolized America’s new forefront in the Industrial Age, even as the smoke and soot from those factories left the city polluted and filthy. After decades of change, Pittsburgh today is considered one of the most livable cities in America. Historic Photos of Pittsburgh examines the growth and change of this important American city. Nearly 200 photographs spanning two centuries have been collected and captioned with compelling text. Rich in historic detail, filled with images of the past, this book captures the power and might of a great industrial city and is a must-have for both historians and the general reader.
Download or read book Pittsburgh Trolleys in Color The North Side and East End written by Edward Ridolph and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pittsburgh s East Liberty Valley written by East End/East Liberty Historical Society and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-16 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pittsburghs East Liberty Valley originally consisted of lush hunting grounds used by many Native American groups. In the 1700s, British general John Forbes instructed George Washington to build a military road from Fort Ligonier through the East Liberty Valley to the forks of the Ohio River. In 1758, Forbes traveled this widened trail, first named for him, now known as Penn Avenue. Many plantations were established after the Revolution, and the village grew, with its tollhouse and taverns serving stagecoaches and Conestoga wagons en route to Pittsburgh. By the 20th century, East Liberty was one of the wealthiest suburbs in America. Many famous firsts occurred here, including the building of the nations first gasoline service station and the founding of the National Negro Opera Company. The area also boasts many famous residents, including Billy Eckstine, Erroll Garner, Gene Kelly, Dick Powell, and Lillian Russell. Through vintage photographs, Pittsburghs East Liberty Valley salutes the areas rich history.
Download or read book Pittsburgh s South Side written by Stuart P. Boehmig and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006-04-19 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1763, King George III granted 3,000 acres of bottomland on the south side of the Monongahela River to Maj. Gen. John Ormsby for his service in capturing Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War. Just 100 years later, this flat river plain became the center of the Workplace of the World. Powerful industrial giants such as B. F. Jones, James Laughlin, and Henry W. Oliver were drawn to the area, making it the heart of the Industrial Revolution. Immigrants came in droves from Germany, Ireland, Scotland, England, and later from central and Eastern Europe. They crowded Carson Street with the sights and sounds of different languages, customs, and fashions. These were the people who made the steel and iron that built America. Pittsburghs South Side is their story, a story of glass factories, steel mills, incline planes, trolley cars, saloons, and the crowded row houses where they raised their families.
Download or read book Pittsburgh s Rivers written by Daniel J. Burns and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, the land at the forks of the Ohio River was known to the Native Americans of western Pennsylvania, but it was not until 1753 that a British officer named George Washington surveyed the area for Gov. Robert Dinwiddie of Virginia. He described the land as well timbered and convenient for building, and with that, the first community at the site of modern-day Pittsburgh was established. Over the next two and a half centuries, Pittsburgh changed from a small settlement in the Pennsylvania wilderness to a city that has flourished because of, and continues to be identified by, its surrounding rivers. The Allegheny, the Ohio, and the Monongahela Rivers have played an inimitable role in the industrial growth of America as they have provided for the movement of coal, lumber, and steel to the Pittsburgh region and beyond. Pittsburghs Rivers highlights the immeasurable contributions these three rivers have made to the area both economically and socially. For centuries, the land at the forks of the Ohio River was known to the Native Americans of western Pennsylvania, but it was not until 1753 that a British officer named George Washington surveyed the area for Gov. Robert Dinwiddie of Virginia. He described the land as well timbered and convenient for building, and with that, the first community at the site of modern-day Pittsburgh was established. Over the next two and a half centuries, Pittsburgh changed from a small settlement in the Pennsylvania wilderness to a city that has flourished because of, and continues to be identified by, its surrounding rivers. The Allegheny, the Ohio, and the Monongahela Rivers have played an inimitable role in the industrial growth of America as they have provided for the movement of coal, lumber, and steel to the Pittsburgh region and beyond. Pittsburghs Rivers highlights the immeasurable contributions these three rivers have made to the area both economically and socially.
Download or read book Pittsburgh Railways Company Arlington Avenue Trolley Photograph written by Pittsburgh Railways Company and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection contains an undated black and white photograph of motorman Patrick J. Keenan and conductor William Ryan posing next to an Arlington Avenue trolley of the Pittsburgh Railways Company.
Download or read book Transit in the Triangle written by Blaine S. Hays and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transit in the TriangleA Century Look at Pittsburgh Public TransitThis is a two-volume set.Volume I -- 1900-1964ISBN 978-0-915348-45-9Volume II -- The Port Authority Years, 1964-2014ISBN 978-0-915348-53-4A visitor to downtown Pittsburgh in 1960 would have witnessed a scene that had largely disappeared from other major U.S. cities. Streetcars were still rumbling along most of the central business sector's main streets. Operating the system was the Pittsburgh Railways Company. But time was running out for both the company and the streetcars it prized.Transit historians and authors Blaine Hays and James Toman collaborate to chronicle the history of this unique and exciting transit system. The story of the birth and early years of transit in Pittsburgh is presented with more than 350 photos, maps, and illustrations that complement an enthusiastic and thoroughly researched narrative.
Download or read book The Trolley Museum Dispatch written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pittsburgh s Shadyside written by Donald Doherty and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The suburb of Shadyside was established in the middle of farmland during the late 1860s when the Shadyside train station opened. As Pittsburgh grew into the worldas preeminent industrial city, Shadyside became the home of many influential men of the industrial age. Rapid change struck Shadyside early in the 20th century when commerce sprouted up around the perimeter of the neighborhood to cater to the residentsa demand for luxury goods and services. Within another decade industry moved in, especially close to the train tracks, and in 1915, the Ford Motor Company assembly plant opened in Shadyside. Through more than 200 vintage photographs, Pittsburghas Shadyside chronicles the personalities, places, institutions, and events that transformed a farming community into an affluent industrial-age suburb and diverse city neighborhood.
Download or read book Pennsylvania Trolleys in Color The Pittsburgh region written by William D. Volkmer and published by . This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pictorial Photography in America written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trolleys and Streetcars on American Picture Postcards written by Ray D. Appelgate and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This unique collection, the most extensive of its kind, comprises 191 views--16 in full color--of trolleys and streetcars on American picture postcards. Spanning a total of 162 different localities in all 50 states except Alaska, plus the District of Columbia and San Juan, Puerto Rico, the volume pictures a wide range of cars and lines: primitive systems on just one street and sophisticated interurbans; horse-drawn, battery-powered, steam, gas, and electric vehicles; and such types as California, Vanderpoele, Barber, and "hobble-skirt" cars. Among the most impressive cars are: the excursion trolley Berkshire Hills, probably the finest parlor car ever made (Pittsfield, Mass.); the most beautiful double-decker ever to run in America (Coronado, Cal.); one of the most picturesque interurbans in the West, seen at its terminal in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; and New York City's famous double-decker, the "Broadway Battleship." Full captions for all the postcards indicate locality and state, name of trolley company represented and varied information including the trackage, type of car shown, printer of postcard, etc. The cards are conveniently arranged, alphabetically by state and, within each state, alphabetically by the locality actually depicted on the card"--From back cover.
Download or read book Report written by Pittsburgh (Pa.). Transit Commission and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
