Gentelmen , Its been a long time since we talked about the Gravity , I havent had much time so far this summer to get out and explore , been kinda hot , anyway...
Tony A point of interest- the below URL shows a map dated 1891 of the No. 7 area and some of the railroads in the vicinity (unfortunately, it doesn't show the...
Tony Thanks for the offline E & WV clarification- appreciate it. Regarding the No. 7 Gravity plane, about a year & a half ago I took a couple trips to that...
Here is an aerial photo that is my best guess at where Plane 7 was. You can see the curve in the foot of the plane as depicted in some of the historical...
Dick you seem to have hit the Bullseye , your just about top dead center on # 7 , later on or maybe some time this weekend when I get some time I will send you...
Dick , I sent some photos of # 7 , one of the photos is looking up at the headhouse and to the left of the 7 headhouse is the Gypsie Grove # 2 headhouse and...
Gentlemen Some comments regarding your Plane 7 input- Tony, I got one of your jpg's, the drinker7 jpg (its only 50k, should have received it, I'll have to...
Hi Dick S. and the rest of the group. The location of the PCC Gravity Railroad in the picture is extremely accurate. For years, many of us incorrectly believed...
Tom , With all do respect where did you get the info that 7 and 8 were water powered at one time , this is very interesting . Tony Ranella Jr. Dunmore , Pa....
I determined the location of Plane #7 through a combination of the 1873 D.G. Beers maps, the historical USGS quads, recent topo quads, and aerial photography....
Hi Tony and the group, That is what I was told by Ed Steers as we explored the PCC 25 years ago. I suspect he surmised by the construction and location of the...
Gentlemen Based on Jeff's Aerial and information, I took a walk to the 7F location. As shown on the Aerial, this data point locates the #7 Head right next to...
Dick and fellow Gravity Men , Years ago in the area that Dick has described a Radio station and Transmitting tower once stood at the top of Drinker St., it's...
Thanks for the info guys, I'm really enjoying this discussion. I only wish I lived closer to the area. Maybe I can join a fall hike. John, formerly of East...
Tom, and other fellow Gravity enthusiast, as I suspected, the myth of water power for plane # 7 and plane # 8 on the PCC Gravity, in fact, came from the late...
Wow. Great narrative, Tony. I'm going to work on trying to put placemarks for the places you spoke of. Dan, the USGS topographic quads show the upper half of...
Great info and photos Jeff, thanks. I haven't been in the area for awhile and your photos and aerials help me visualize the places you guys talk about. And a...
Guys , I've been trying to send a scan of my original PCC map showing where the Engine house of incline 7 and # 2 Gypsie Grove incline engine house met at...
Dick the aerial shot of 8 and 9 from more than a 1000 ft up , shows a round black spot in the area where the # 2 reservoir is but the # 2 reservoir is ...
Tony Thanks for the information. Next time I'm in the area I'll have to take a walk to the #2 reservoir I hunted the area of #8 thru #11 since the early 60's,...
Dick , that was the antenna for the radio station , as I mentioned in an early E-mail I have to look thru my files and find the photos we took of # 8 back in...
Tony, if I can be of assistance, you can e-mail them to me and I will resize them. John ... Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and...
Gentlemen Re the Hensel photo, the one I'm looking at is not of good quality. However, I have the following comments: I assume the roof that can be seen below...
O.K. I finally have some of my files together... Here is the information I have to support the location of Planes 7 and 8: Here is a portion of the 1873 D.G....
Another view of the area in question... http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3283423 <http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3283423> 3D helps put it in perspective...
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