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Re: narrow-gauge system into quarries
Author: Richard Elgenson
Date: 02-22-2015 - 07:35
mook Wrote:
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> In addition to the railroad line out of Santa
> Cruz, the old plant had an extensive narrow-gauge
> system into the San Vicente Creek limestone
> quarries. In the 1970s, they shifted their quarry
> operation to the Bonny Doon area, with one of the
> longer conveyor belts around to connect it with
> the plant.
>
> Here's the main San Vicente Creek quarry:
> [www.google.com]
> 62,1761m/data=!3m1!1e3. If you look very
> carefully, you can see slight traces of the old
> n.g. r/w.
1943 U.S. Dept of Agriculture aerial of Davenport area. Narrow gauge right-of-way totally visible. Compared to now, nearby cement plant, narrow gauge was partially absorbed into a road.
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>
> In addition to the railroad line out of Santa
> Cruz, the old plant had an extensive narrow-gauge
> system into the San Vicente Creek limestone
> quarries. In the 1970s, they shifted their quarry
> operation to the Bonny Doon area, with one of the
> longer conveyor belts around to connect it with
> the plant.
>
> Here's the main San Vicente Creek quarry:
> [www.google.com]
> 62,1761m/data=!3m1!1e3. If you look very
> carefully, you can see slight traces of the old
> n.g. r/w.
1943 U.S. Dept of Agriculture aerial of Davenport area. Narrow gauge right-of-way totally visible. Compared to now, nearby cement plant, narrow gauge was partially absorbed into a road.
