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Re: Reading between the lines in Philadelphia
Author: Yinzer Foamer
Date: 10-06-2010 - 16:43

Mitch Goldman Wrote:
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> one wonders why the
> nickname for the PHILADELPHIA and Reading was not,
> instead, "The Philadelphia Company" (though
> Reading sounds more railroady?).
>

There was a Philadelphia Company involved in transportation. Since 1902, it was a holding company which owned the Pittsburgh Railways systems along with a couple of utility companies. In the 1940s or 1950s, it was forced to divest its transit & utility holdings in Pittsburgh.

I, too, am a huge fan of the Reading Market.

By the way, nice photos, Mitch.

Inside the entrance to the Philadelphia Convention Center is an information kiosk commemorating the Reading.

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  Reading between the lines in Philadelphia Mitch Goldman 10-05-2010 - 21:46
  Re: Reading between the lines in Philadelphia Mr Peabody 10-05-2010 - 22:02
  Re: Reading between the lines in Philadelphia Tom McCann 10-05-2010 - 22:17
  Re: Reading between the lines in Philadelphia Freericks 10-06-2010 - 16:05
  Re: Reading between the lines in Philadelphia Mitch 10-06-2010 - 18:12
  Re: Reading between the lines in Philadelphia Freericks 10-06-2010 - 22:45
  Re: Reading between the lines in Philadelphia Freericks 10-06-2010 - 10:54
  Re: Reading between the lines in Philadelphia Mike K. 10-06-2010 - 11:50
  Re: Reading between the lines in Philadelphia Jim Fitzgerald 10-06-2010 - 14:02
  Re: Reading between the lines in Philadelphia Yinzer Foamer 10-06-2010 - 16:43
  Brilliant Subject Lines on This Board Lately Freddie 10-06-2010 - 17:56
  Re: Reading between the lines in Philadelphia Tom McCann 10-08-2010 - 09:51


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