Re: Fill for Warriors Arena to be via rail?
Author: Graham Buxton
Date: 05-11-2017 - 21:22
Steve Robertson Wrote:
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> According to this switch engines may soon return
> to Illinois Street to move fill dirt for the new
> Warriors Arena.
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> Port of SF website re Warriors Arena
The train is being used to take away dirt excavated from the project.
After the 1906 earthquake, rubble from clearing earthquake damage was used as fill underneath the replacement structures. By modern standards, that fill is considered contaminated, so it gets hauled to Utah for 'proper' disposal.