Description: Braddock, PENNSYLVANIA - Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad - Edgar Thomson Works - U. S, Steel - 1959: Braddock is a borough located in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, 10 miles (16 km) upstream from the mouth of the Monongahela River. The population was 1,721 as of the 2020 census, a 91.8% decline since its peak of 20,879 in 1920. The Edgar Thomson Steel Works is a steel mill in the Pittsburgh area communities of Braddock and North Braddock, Pennsylvania. It has been active since 1875. It is currently owned by U.S. Steel and is known as Mon Valley Works – Edgar Thomson Plant. The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad (P≤ reporting mark PLE), also known as the "Little Giant", was formed on May 11, 1875. Company headquarters were located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The line connected Pittsburgh in the east with Youngstown, Ohio, in the Haselton neighborhood in the west and Connellsville, Pennsylvania, to the east. It did not reach Lake Erie (at Ashtabula, Ohio) until the formation of Conrail in 1976. The P&LE was known as the "Little Giant" since the tonnage that it moved was out of proportion to its route mileage. While it operated around one tenth of one percent of the nation's railroad miles, it hauled around one percent of its tonnage. This was largely because the P&LE served the steel mills of the greater Pittsburgh area, which consumed and shipped vast amounts of materials. It was a specialized railroad, deriving much of its revenue from coal, coke, iron ore, limestone, and steel. The eventual closure of the steel mills led to the end of the P&LE as an independent line in 1992. At the end of 1970 P&LE operated 211 miles (340 km) of road on 784 miles (1,262 km) of track, not including PC&Y and Y&S; in 1970 it reported 1419 million ton-miles of revenue freight, down from 2437 million in 1944. This Photochromatic postcard, published in 1959, is in good condition. Art Creation in Curteichcolor, No. 9C-K1676.
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Occasion: Sayings & Quotes
Size: Standard (5.5x3.5 in)
Material: Paper
Year Manufactured: 1959
City: Braddock
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Brand/Publisher: Curt Teich
Subject: Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Continent: North America
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Era: Photochrome (1939-Now)
Theme: Architecture, Cities & Towns, Landscapes, Occupational, Transportation, US Steel, Edgar Thomson Works, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, Railroad, "Little Giant", P&LE
Country: United States
Region: Pennsylvania
Features: Panoramic
Time Period Manufactured: 1950-1959
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Postage Condition: Unposted
