Tunnel carhouse trackage

The Ven galtfd at att.net
Wed Nov 24 16:12:49 EST 1999


On 24 Nov 99, at 10:51, John Swindler wrote:

>  Instead, Ravine St. was probably "vacated" (abandoned) by city,
> and property acquired by PRC to expand Tunnel Car Yard. 
> 
Not vacated, I'd judge, though certainly obliterated.

Ravine Street is shown on street maps of 1930 (Wagner) and 1950 
(Geographia.)

According to the 1927 topo, Ravine Street begins at an intersection 
with Jasper Street at the southwest apex of the SHJ triangular 
junction and runs southwest along the 38/39/42 line immediately to 
its southeast. The car house is built along the northwest boundary 
of the street, which obviously exists only on paper.

Can somebody have a look at a current city atlas? If Ravine Street 
was there in the '50s, perhaps it is still. If so, then what is its 
status?

D2



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