[milwaukee-electric] Re: 9th street

[Larry Allan]

Attached is one of the maps.
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Don L. Leistikow <DLeistikow at webtv.net>wrote:

> Gary S and list:   First of all, 9th street did not come through between
> 8th and 10th streets.  Next, the Aldrich building was, at that time...
> the General Electric Building at 940 West St.Paul Avenue.
>
> The photo you sent as a url (and duplicated) is looking west from 8th
> street.  A 60 class Speedrail car is approaching 8th.  The ramp that it
> is on, covers  the planned  double track space approach to the Subway.
>
> The 1100 class cars stored on the double track run-around, is on the
> grade from the elevated structure downward. to the Subway entrance.
> That track ran into thw Subway and had switches for cars to come back on
> the lower, streetlevel  surface where the Merchandise, less-than-carload
> freight was loaded or unloaded, back in the 1930's.
>
> On the far right side of your photo, is.... Hibernia Street, largely
> serving garages for the homes facing  Clybourn street.  Hibernia was
> only four blocks long,... 8th to 12th streets.  Ninth and Eleventh
> streets did not come south of Clybourn street, nor north of St.Paul
> Avenue.
>
> If you own of have access to... a copy of CERA's Bulletin #112... the TM
> Book...there are maps of this property and some additional excellent
> photos of the then Rapid Transit Freight Terminal.
>
> Don  L .
>
>
>



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