Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

[J. S. Bach]

For some reason, that one looks familiar.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

LVT snow sweeper A1

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[healey36]

One of those sweepers would have made quick work of our snow on Friday. I used a push-broom on 1-1/2 inches of powder.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

One of those sweepers would have made quick work of our snow on Friday. I used a push-broom on 1-1/2 inches of powder.

I can remember a few decades back when SEPTA asked to borrow the sweeper that was up at the Rockhill museum. While they were agreeable to a temp loan, arranging transportation with better than 2' of snow on the ground was a slight impediment; I think the response was something long the lines of "Come and get it..." if you can.

[healey36]

Line construction work at Union Square, New York City, June 8, 1901:



Library of Congress.

[healey36]

Grand Central and the Hotel Manhattan, sometime in 1900-1906:



Detroit Publishing Company, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[healey36]

Is it my imagination, or does that look like an early attempt at PhotoShop?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Is it my imagination, or does that look like an early attempt at PhotoShop?

Trick photography prior to Photoshop; yes.

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[healey36]

Entrance to Glen Echo Park outside DC, February 8, 1959:



Photo by Ara Mesrobian, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[ScaleCraft]

Interesting. I like to see where these places are, da google maps and then satellite.

NO PLACE does plain old google talk about a park in North East, Penn named Waynehurst. Lotsa news stories and obituaries for a Wayne Hurst in Penna.

But you can purchase DOZENS of copies of that postcard on da bait.

Where was/is Waynehurst Park?

Doing a search right now in North East to see if I can spot it.

[ScaleCraft]

Might be Twentymile Creek. Certainly no parks marked as such on the map, and especially no Waynehurst Park.