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Title
Know Your City No.124 Old Pacific Electric railroad trestle over Flecher Drive Los Angeles, Calif
Date Created and/or Issued
March 20, 1956
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4695
Description
ANSWER: Shown in the photo is the southern end of the old Pacific Electric trestle over Fletcher Drive, just west of Riverside Drive. Over this high bridge, before they were replaced by busses, used to roll the interurban cars to Glendale and Burbank.
KNOW YOUR CITY, NO.124 -- Now you know very well this isn’t some old abandoned pier. It's old and abandoned, all right. But no pier. A Familiar sight on a busy street, many will know what it is. But do you? If not, see Page 36, Part l.
Type
Image
Format
b&w negative
Identifier
uclalat_1429_b257_95950EQ-1
ark:/21198/zz0002t6nn
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Landmarks
Trestles--California--Los Angeles County
Pacific Electric Railway Company
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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