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Re: The Old Oakland Central (16th Street) Amtrak Station Area Questions
Author: Dr Zarkoff
Date: 11-21-2011 - 11:22

>The former Key underpass below the UP tracks now provides access to EBMUD's SD1 sewage treatment plant. For non-locals, EBMUD is the local water provider, East Bay Municipal Utility District. With that name you can see why everyone just calls it EBMUD.

Conversion to EBMUD use occurred not to long after the abandonment of the trains in 1958. The SP's 6 track wide bridge was rebuilt in the mid 1980s, if memory serves correctly.

>The underpass at one time also went under a Santa Fe branch.

This was on a separate bridge which also carried the street just east of the SP's tracks, and I don't recall whether this was ever rebuilt.

It was WWII which accelerated the decline of the neighborhoods. The OP who brought up the subject asked "what", not "how". WWII caused a lot of demographic changes throughout the US and societal attitudes in general, not just in West Oakland and Emeryville. "How" is a complex subject, and if others wish to supply the gory details of it, it's OK with me. Saves me a lot of typing.

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