los angeles 1920 pacific electric map

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    largest electric railway system in the world.
    riped up and replaced with the regional freeway system.

    now the long road to returning los angeles to its past glory

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    1. jeremy! 48 months ago | reply

      indeed!

    2. Trader Chris 29 months ago | reply

      This is a great map to see on several levels. Note that the Santa Ana River still empties into Newport Bay. This was also about two years (I believe) before the line between Talbert and Santa Ana was washed out. There was a plan to restore that line, but it never happened. Very much a snapshot of a moment in time.

    3. marymactavish 13 months ago | reply

      I wonder what that slough just southwest of Compton is called now, or what's there since it's been drained. Wow. *goes mapsearching*

    4. jrepenning 13 months ago | reply

      Side by side with freeways today:

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