Abandoned West Penn Railway Trolley , Trolley Park & PA Bridge Date Plate History In 6 Mins!

[hammerogod]

An orange street workers jacket, a good strong chisel, a 6 lb hammer, safety glasses = I would have those plates.

I have a couple of them staked out.

If I get the chance they are mine.

A good battery powered grinder with a cutting wheel = I would have some Girder Bridge plates too.

Not that many left and I would love to have a few.

If you spend some time on a motorcycle just tooling around the backwoods and etc these things appear out of nowhere.

I am dying to check out the Kansas City area.

[hammerogod]

I use Google Earth a lot just to locate possible spots.

I have a lot of places that need some exploration.

I like finding old airports too.

There are a ton of those that nobody under 60 yrs old know about.

[ejovadi]

Nice,

[busguy100]

I Google Oakford park and found the bridge and park but no pictures of the pool

[nlhrabak]

You never cease to amaze me in your different interests. Bridge plaques! Never knew they existed!!! Thanks for another great history lesson!!!! In South Connellsville, Soisson Park (named after Soisson Family name, they made bricks in the area) was a park that was built because of the trolley. Great stuff! Thanks!

[MuzzleMike]

Once I get my Motorcycle on the road this summer I will get some pics and locations of old bridges like the one you had on this video . I will get pics of the plates . I live in Sharon PA . up buy Mercer .

[MuzzleMike]

Once I get my Motorcycle on the road this summer I will get some pics and locations of old bridges like the one you had on this video . I will get pics of the plates .

[auburntigersfan12]

great presentation, make me want o come up to PA and see all this for myself ,the old PA turnpike is what i would really love to see

[4431prw]

I Love these Videos! i think imma start doing videos like this when i get my license in a few months, i live in central Wisconsin where there is a lot of paper making, so there is a lot of old dams and old buildings that are around, as well as old railroad beds and such around.

[tiger5480]

VERY Interesting.  Thanks.

[raymondleeleggs]

the cracks in the road are almost the same almost a 100 years from the old picture!

[myoldreteacher]

I love finding evidence of the stuff you see in these old streetcar photos. Like the telegraph pole you see on the left in the photograph (0:26), and which you see on your left when you pull to the end of Brown Ave (0:40) - brilliant!

[theqman1956]

@myoldreteacher That is what makes it fun!!! you only need one reference point to match it up!

[4431prw]

@theqman1956 you should ask the highway dept. to see if you can have that plate, and then donate it to a local museum.

[theqman1956]

@4431prw I intend to. according the the Penndot bridge building specs, all plates must be turned over the the project manager...what he does with it is the mystery

[divadt11]

Very cool video. We have several bridges of similar design here in eastern Ohio.

[Amiduffer]

My hometown of Madison Maine at the turn of the century had a electric trolley called the Somerset Traction Co. that operated an amusement park out by Lake Wesserunsett called Lakewood that today is the oldest continually operating theatre house in Maine. So yes, that was a common scheme among trolley companies.

[Z3Accordmike]

Great video, i will keep my eyes out for them.

[MissouriEarthMovers]

Great video and love all the history!