Pittsburgh, PA: Police/Penssy "Pitt" Tower

(Satellite)

It is not a good view, but it is good enough to confirm that I have found the correct building.

Street View, Nov 2022

Darren Reynolds posted three photos with the comment:

Conrails ( Ex-PRR) 

"Pitt" tower 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Darren Reynolds: Lamar Jenson the tower is now a police station.

Bill Burge: I was up there a few times working the Panhandle between Columbus to Pitcairn. Pretty impressive.

Reid Meyer: Quite active - though the bulk of the freight bypasses this stretch via either the Port Perry Bridge / fmr PV&C / fmr PCC&StL (along the Mon) and the fmr WPRR (along the Kiski and Allegheny). 2 daily Amtraks in each direction and quite a bit of local and low-level freight run through the station / past the tower daily.

Tim Shanahan shared

Dennis DeBruler: Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Nws11VGXLFiamMBQ7

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"Pitt" tower in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Inside of "Pitt" tower in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

This tower had the biggest interlocking machine in the U.S. ( bigger then "Zoo" tower in Philadelphia)

Photo by: Fran Giacoma March 1978

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A Penn Central switcher is setting in front of "Pitt" tower

Photo & Date: Unknown

Darren's first photo shows that the tower was jammed in between a hill and the tracks. And this topo map shows there is a big hill between the tracks and Bigelow Blvd. So I looked along that hill on a satellite image and found the tower.

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