Al, I didn't do the overlay, it was a printed map. I wish I could remember where it was from, but Hillman Library sticks in my head. It does make sense that all the downtown buildings have many layers of basement. A tall tower needs a big base. The Steel Building must go deep. The Point is considerably bigger, it was a garbage dump 100 years ago. I remember when they were excavating for the Fort and dug into. The stench was terrible. The part where the fountain is is all landfill. Are there tunnels connecting the building in downtown? I have been in the basements under the Schenley Apartments and the Schenley Hotel, also the Cathedral of Learning. It is a maze. Maybe you know if this is true, I have been told that some (most) of Pittsburgh's drinking water comes from the underground river. I had heard that the Southside doesn't get there water from there, but from the Mon. Rosanne

Kids, That map is in Killikelly's History of Pittsburgh. Mac [email protected] wrote: > Al, > > I didn't do the overlay, it was a printed map. I wish I could remember where > it was from, but Hillman Library sticks in my head. It does make sense that > all the downtown buildings have many layers of basement. A tall tower needs a > big base. The Steel Building must go deep. The Point is considerably bigger, > it was a garbage dump 100 years ago. I remember when they were excavating > for the Fort and dug into. The stench was terrible. The part where the > fountain is is all landfill. > > Are there tunnels connecting the building in downtown? I have been in the > basements under the Schenley Apartments and the Schenley Hotel, also the > Cathedral of Learning. It is a maze. > > Maybe you know if this is true, I have been told that some (most) of > Pittsburgh's drinking water comes from the underground river. I had heard that the > Southside doesn't get there water from there, but from the Mon. > > Rosanne > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > How to unsubscribe. Send a message to:[email protected] that contains ONLY the word, 'unsubscribe' in the text area. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

--=======7B836700======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-550069D6; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hmmm. A Pitt student. There are several underground tunnels in the downtown area. I think that they are all in the Grant St mess of government buildings. And, as I recall, there is one in the Gateway Center complex, leading from a garage to a building on the other side of Liberty Ave. I learned of the locations while surfing one day but I didn't bookmark the URL. All of Pgh with the exception of the back of Coal Hil and south gets their water from Pgh's Water & Sewer Authority which traps its water from the Allegheny near Aspinwall. Those areas south of Coal Hill and points east and south get their water from the Mon, somewhere in the vicinity of Becks Run Rd. There is a small section bordering McKees Rocks that gets its water from the West View Water Authority and I think but am not sure that a small section of Brushton gets their water from the Wilkinsburg Water Authority. Al At 12:18 AM 9/28/2004, you wrote: >Al, > >I didn't do the overlay, it was a printed map. I wish I could remember where >it was from, but Hillman Library sticks in my head. It does make sense that >all the downtown buildings have many layers of basement. A tall tower >needs a >big base. The Steel Building must go deep. The Point is considerably bigger, >it was a garbage dump 100 years ago. I remember when they were excavating >for the Fort and dug into. The stench was terrible. The part where the >fountain is is all landfill. > >Are there tunnels connecting the building in downtown? I have been in the >basements under the Schenley Apartments and the Schenley Hotel, also the >Cathedral of Learning. It is a maze. > >Maybe you know if this is true, I have been told that some (most) of >Pittsburgh's drinking water comes from the underground river. I had heard >that the >Southside doesn't get there water from there, but from the Mon. > >Rosanne > > >==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== >How to unsubscribe. Send a message to:[email protected] >that contains ONLY the word, 'unsubscribe' in the text area. > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.769 / Virus Database: 516 - Release Date: 9/24/2004 --=======7B836700======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-550069D6 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.769 / Virus Database: 516 - Release Date: 9/24/2004 --=======7B836700=======--