[milwaukee-electric] Re: 1930s Transport Company Map, Showing the Creeks

[Gary Schnabl]

On 7/11/2010 3:11 PM, Ken and Tracie wrote:
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> This map was made shortly after Lincoln Creek was placed in a channel in =
> the the center of Congress from about 47th, but before the Dineen, =
> "Marion" and "McGovern" creeks were placed in tunnels. Also, it appears =
> Lincoln Creek above Fond du Lac was still in a natural bed.=20
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> So it appears that the creeks entered Lincoln Creek at about 45th =
> Street, not 48th as I mistakenly indicated. In fact, a Google Earth =
> photo shows the tunnels at about 45th. The "McGovern Park" creek was =
> already in a tunnel above Hampton when this map was made. Now it exits =
> at the eastbound lanes of Hampton, probably done when Hampton was =
> widened. There was a small Red Owl grocery store there. It is now a drug =
> store.
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> K.
>    
The Milwaukee maps 1928 and before definitely show that creek from 
Capitol Court tying into the Lincoln Creek at about 45th after it veered 
two blocks to the north from Hope at around 45th. That meant it flowed 
right down the strike zone in the Parklawn welfare project before its 
construction. My father frequented a victory garden near 45th and Hope 
around 1948 or so--the only vacant lot there, as I remember.

Some of that area around 45th and Hope was still outside the Milwaukee 
city limits then. When I attended kindergarten during 1948/49 at 
Pleasant View (49th & Capitol), there was a city-limits sign at the 
corner of 49th and Capitol Drive for the eastbound traffic to see. The 
Milwaukee city limits sign kept steadily moving westward during the 
1950s: to 60th, then 76th or so, until finally taking in all what was 
outside of Wauwatosa on Capitol.

BTW, although I have been in Detroit since 1997, I occasionally listen 
to Milwaukee radio stations. One time, some caller was talking about 
Sherman Blvd in the early 1930s (1932?) being the last macadam street 
built in Milwaukee--hence, its being a "No trucking route" and having 
those smaller green buses afterward for a time.


Gary


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