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Re: LA's Lost Train Depots
Author: John Sweetser
Date: 08-01-2018 - 14:44
KCET's article had some errors:
> In 1876, the Southern Pacific opened a new depot on the current site of Los Angeles State Historic Park (the Cornfield). Known as the River Station ...
The depot being referred to opened on June 16, 1877 (not 1876) and was usually called the San Fernando Street depot. River Station came later. See below.
> The railroad later upgraded the facility with many more passenger amenities, including a hotel and restaurants.
The San Fernando Street depot was never "upgraded;" it was converted to a freight station and moved upon the opening of River Station - a two-story railroad depot and hotel - in 1884.
Photo caption for third photo in article:
> The Southern Pacific's River Station stood on the present-day site of the Los Angeles State Historic Park. In 1901, it was torn down and replaced by a new station, also called the River Station, across the street.
River Station (the two-story depot hotel) was torn down in 1902 but it had been replaced as the main SP passenger station for Los Angeles in February 1889 by the Arcade Depot (the River Station that opened "across the street" was the storefront River Station).
> In 1876, the Southern Pacific opened a new depot on the current site of Los Angeles State Historic Park (the Cornfield). Known as the River Station ...
The depot being referred to opened on June 16, 1877 (not 1876) and was usually called the San Fernando Street depot. River Station came later. See below.
> The railroad later upgraded the facility with many more passenger amenities, including a hotel and restaurants.
The San Fernando Street depot was never "upgraded;" it was converted to a freight station and moved upon the opening of River Station - a two-story railroad depot and hotel - in 1884.
Photo caption for third photo in article:
> The Southern Pacific's River Station stood on the present-day site of the Los Angeles State Historic Park. In 1901, it was torn down and replaced by a new station, also called the River Station, across the street.
River Station (the two-story depot hotel) was torn down in 1902 but it had been replaced as the main SP passenger station for Los Angeles in February 1889 by the Arcade Depot (the River Station that opened "across the street" was the storefront River Station).
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