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Transit In The Triangle A Cen- tury Look at Pittsburgh Pub- lic Transit, Vol- ume 1 1900-1964, by Blaine S. Hays and James A. Toman, Published by the Central Electric Railfan’s
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Hardcover, 226 8¹⁄₂″×11″ pages; $65.00 (members $55.00). You can count on your fingers the number of North American cities where streetcars have been in continu- ous operation since before the twenti- eth century. Pittsburgh is one of them and Transit In The Triangle does a very nice job of telling the story. Located in western Pennsylvania, at the confluence of the
Allegheny,
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Monongahela and the Ohio rivers, Pittsburgh’s history goes back to the struggle between France and Great Britain to control Canada and the Mis- sissippi Basin. In 1753 the Governor of the Virginia colony sent 21-year-old Major George Washington to scout the area. Washington recognized that the land where the three rivers converged was an ideal spot for a fort and the fol- lowing year British colonists went about establishing one. Eventually, it became known as Fort Pitt and from that, Pittsburgh received its name. The confluence of the rivers not only made Pittsburgh a strategic military lo- cation, it also made it a hub of commerce and travel. One-by-one came ferries, a turnpike to link it to the state capital (1806),
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across the rivers, canal boats (1834) and finally, a railroad (1852). As Pittsburgh’s transportation network grew, so too did its businesses and population. The need for a local transit network was at least partially met in 1859 when horse-drawn streetcars began appearing on the city streets. In 1870 came the first of the in- cline railways linking the riverbanks and their mills with the surrounding hilltop neighborhoods. The first of three cable cars lines appeared in 1889, the NOVEMBER 2013
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