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Venice Short Line
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The Venice Short Line was a Pacific Electric interurban railway line in Los Angeles which traveled from downtown Los Angeles to Venice, Ocean Park, and Santa Monica via Venice Boulevard. The route was
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lossy page 1 VIEW OF ABANDONED VENICE SHORT LINE RAILROAD BRIDGE OVER GRAND CANAL, NORTH OF SOUTH VENICE BOULEVARD, LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE WEST SIDE OF GRAND CANAL Venice Canals, Community HAER CAL,19 LOSAN,74 8.tif
A proposed level crossing at the Pacific Electric tracks (today's Venice Boulevard) would result in "the worst death trap in Los Angeles," a traffic e
A proposed level crossing at the Pacific Electric tracks (today's Venice Boulevard) would result in "the worst death trap in Los Angeles," a traffic engineer warned in 1915, because of the impaired view of the railway from West Boulevard on both sides. A viaduct was built instead, in 1920. The line of trees to the north is probably where the Queen Anne Recreation Center is today, in Mid-Wilshire.
Albright City stop at flooded intersection of Venice & Sawtelle, 1928
Albright City stop at flooded intersection of Venice & Sawtelle, 1928
A Santa Monica-bound Pacific Electric car on Trolleyway, date unknown
A Santa Monica-bound Pacific Electric car on Trolleyway, date unknown
Sawtelle Line
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The Sawtelle Line was an interurban railway route primarily operated by the Pacific Electric Railway that ran between Downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica, California. The line was established by the
Venice Short Line
…dual tracks entered another section of private way located on the north side of Venice Boulevard and continued to Vineyard Avenue. It was here that the Sawtelle Line branched northwesterly to Beverly Hills. West of Vineyard Avenue, Venice Boulevard became a split roadway with the dual tracks located on a private way…
A streetcar running along Santa Monica Boulevard in Sawtelle prior to Pacific Electric taking over the line, c. 1901
A streetcar running along Santa Monica Boulevard in Sawtelle prior to Pacific Electric taking over the line, c. 1901
The first Beverly Hills station, c. 1915–1920
The first Beverly Hills station, c. 1915–1920
The former Ocean Park car barn
The former Ocean Park car barn