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Title: The street railway review Year: 1891 (1890s) Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association Subjects: Street-railroads Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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Text Appearing Before Image: i-i (.rO.M.H VI.MIllT (.i\ THE UNIONTUWN-l.ECKKClNE LINE. iuipiirtaut station on the main line of the Pennsylvania R. R., itspopulation being about 12,000. Connection is made with throughtrains east and west and with cars on the Grecn>burg & Southernand Pittsburg, McKeesport & Grcensburg for various points. .-\t Conuellsville two branches leave the trunk line, one to the

Text Appearing After Image: rpAIRCHANCE.MAP OF WEST PENN SYSTEM. we.st known as the Vanderbilt line serving the coke towns of Trot-ter, Leisenring No. i, Vanderbilt, Dickerson Run and Dawson,with a second branch from Leisenring No. i to Leisenring No. 3.Along this line are some of the greatest of the H. C. Frick Goscoke plants. The length of this line with branch off is 9 miles.From Connellsville south a short line is operated to .South Con- and Buckeye. .A.t Mt. Pleasant the line heads northwesterly, passingthrough Morewood and Raineys to Tarr, where it again meets themain line; this line is 10 miles in length. Westward from Uniontown lies the famous Klondykc coal andcoke region which is rapidly being developed. Through this valu-able territory the West Penn Railways have a line 12.5 miles inlength affording service to Continental, Revere, Footedale, Sham-rock, New Salem, Bufiington, Leckrone and the Masontown field..\Iong this line the latest and most improved coal mining and cokeproducing plants are in active

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