The Venice–Inglewood Line is a former railway line in Los Angeles County, California. The route was established by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1887 before eventually being absorbed in
401 N. Eucalyptus Avenue, Inglewood, c. 1937 (Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection, LAPL)
Venice–Inglewood tracks crossing Lincoln Blvd. toward Marina Del Rey
Inglewood depot, as pictured in the 1920 Buster Keaton short, One Week
Rail bridge pylons remaining from Ballona Creek crossing of Venice–Inglewood Line; 90 freeway to the rear
Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States, in the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city had a population of 107,762. It is
Venice–Inglewood Line
…into the Pacific Electric interurban railway system. Service under electrification was very sparse, providing a suburban route between Venice and Inglewood. The branch line was built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, opening in June 1887 from Inglewood to Port Ballona (on the site of today’s…
The Aguaje de Centinela was a spring used by Native Californians, Californios, and early Americans.
Much of Inglewood was originally part of Rancho Sausal Redondo, granted in 1837 to Antonio Ygnacio Ávila, of the prominent Ávila family of California.