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maclancy (OR)
hi I am a photo researcher looking for information about a plumbing system that was used in early 1900s in Baltimore called The L System. I have a small photo of two boys wearing baseball jerseys from 1905ish and I think one might be Babe Ruth as a child. It certainly looks like him and he is with another boy wearing L System jerseys.
If anyone knows anything about an L System plumbing system in Baltimore please let me know.
I have exhausted all options on my end of looking. Thanks in advance.
best
Marianne
if anyone wishes to see the image email me and I will send it to you.
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Paul48 (CT)
Marianne.......Go to HeatingHelp.com and give Dan Holohan a shout. He may know something, or there is a gentleman that goes by the name Steamhead there that is from Baltimore, and he may know about it. It's worth a shot.In the early 1900's, the L System of public transport in Chicago would have been a big deal.
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packy (MA)
paul, around here it was called the "EL" system of public transportation. obviously short for 'elevated'..
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Paul48 (CT)
I know packy , but in searching the net, I came up with a description of the "L" System in Chicago. I had previously only ever heard of the "El". Maybe it's an attempt to be unique...I dunno.
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hj (AZ)
The "L" system in Chicago has ALWAYS been the "El".
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Paul48 (CT)
It's amazing how much information is available about it. NYC holds the destinction of having the first, but Chicago's goes way back.Maybe NY trademaked it?
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