Talk:Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Plane
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Dates
editAlthough its use as a passenger incline was after the Monongahela Incline, this incline pre-dates the Monongahela. These references appear to be wrong, and confuse the coal incline with the Castle Shannon Incline:
It was later converted to passenger use by the Pittsburgh Railways Company for use in its interurban service to Charleroi and Washington, Pennsylvania.[1] It was re-built in 1891.[2] Pustelnik (talk) 12:36, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
This reference: http://books.google.com/books?id=ip0MAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA180&dq=%22gravity+plane%22+%22Castle+Shannon%22&hl=en&ei=ZOKtTuqgOayHsAKX04D2Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22gravity%20plane%22%20%22Castle%20Shannon%22&f=false refers to a coal incline. This might be the poorly-documented Kirk Lewis incline, as he had mines along Saw Mill Run, and could have used the mine through Mt. Washington to transport his coal. Pustelnik (talk) 00:05, 31 October 2011 (UTC)pustelnik
References
- ^ Fleming, George T (1922). History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American Revolution ... New York, Chicago: American Historical Society. OCLC 1040253.
- ^ Boucher, John Newton (1908). A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People. Pittsburgh: Lewis Publishing Company. p. 339. OCLC 14205269.