KGET news Wrote:
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> "Historic Union Pacific rail station off Baker
> Street could be headed for the wrecking ball;
> councilman hopes to step in"
>
> KGET news report:
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> Author: John Sweetser
> Date: 02-18-2020 - 14:32
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> John Sweetser Wrote:
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> > The present UP depot in Bakersfield
> > was built in 1889 and is the third depot erected
> at or
> > near the location.
> >
> > The first Bakersfield depot, a wooden building,
> > was completed in October 1874. It burned down a
> > little over seven months later on May 6, 1875.
> >
> > The second depot for Bakersfield was erected in
> > 1875 and was similar in design and size to the
> > first one. When the present depot building was
> > constructed in 1889, the second depot was moved
> a
> > block west and converted to a freight station.
> It
> > burned down in 1925.
**** Where are Larry Freedeen and Brian Black and the other older SP old heads? Save that landmark! You to Virlon Smoot!that was Les Sacks legendary office!