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Pittsburgh and Wilmerding Street Railway Company
1961
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Title
Pittsburgh and Wilmerding Street Railway Company
Date
1961
Identifier
20110202-hpicmonroeville-0083
Source Identifier
736
Description
In 1901, the Pittsburgh and Wilmerding Street Railway Company was running trolley service along Broadway in Pitcairn, with a fare to Pittsburgh of 15 cents. Pittsburgh Railways took over the Pitcairn Trolley line in 1902, and it became part of a complex of trolley lines servicing the towns in the Turtle Creek valley. Pittsburgh Railways Company Streetcar on Broadway in Pitcairn in 1961. Trolleys continued provide service to Patton township, Monroeville and Pitcairn and the other towns along the Turtle Creek valley right through the 1960s.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Street-railroads--Pennsylvania--Pitcairn.
Commercial buildings--Pennsylvania--Pitcairn.
Broadway Boulevard (Pitcairn, Pa.).
Pittsburgh and Wilmerding Street Railway Company.
Pitcairn (Pa.)--History.
Source
Jeff Hummert
Contributor
Monroeville Historical Society
Collection
Monroeville Historical Society Collection
Rights Information
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