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1914 AAA Map178 views
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1919 AAA Map158 views
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Air Line crossing over Motor Avenue Bridge247 viewsDuring much of the Twentieth Century, the Exposition Right of Way carried "Red Cars." This electrified rail line was called the Santa Monica Air Line, signifying the most direct line between central Los Angeles and Santa Monica.
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1926 AAA Map175 views
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Country Club Highlands NOT Cheviot Hills178 viewsThis 1923 ad for Country Club Highlands features the Santa Monica Airline ("the airline to the beaches"). The "Cheviot Hills" tract was built about the same time, right below the two smaller sections of Country Club Highlands. Housing tract names merged after WWII. Country Club Highlands is now called Cheviot Hills to the south and Rancho Park (which was never a housing tract) to the north.
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Balloon Route182 viewsAngelenos would take the balloon route excursion returning to Los Angeles on the Air Line. See http://www.erha.org/balloon.htm
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Sanborn Map 1945166 viewsThis map shows the southeastern part of what would later be called Cheviot Hills along the right of way. The tract south of Dunleer is Cheviot Knolls. Above that is Country Club Highlands.
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La Lomita Rancho198 viewsA view of pastures, railroad tracks, and utility poles looking south from the NW corner of La Lomita Ranch in Palms on a partly cloudy day. A seasonal creek runs under the tracks to the south. The La Lomita was a working Jersey dairy farm.
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Los Angeles Pacific Railway Map198 viewsThe Los Angeles Pacific Railway served Los Angeles and points west from 1896 until 1911, when it merged with the Pacific Electric. It included the Santa Monica Air Line. See http://www.erha.org/lap.htm for its history.
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La Lomita Ranch184 viewsA ditch or seasonal creek runs through the center of the 90 acre La Lomita Ranch, a dairy farm, owned by Ferdinand Bain. Photo dated: March 15, 1939. (Photo and description from Los Angeles Public Library Photo Database.)
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Long Wharf177 viewsEnd of the line. In 1893 the Southern Pacific Railroad Company completed its 4,720-foot wharf, which served as a deep water port for the Los Angeles area. But after San Pedro became Los Angeles' official harbor in 1897, shipping activity at Port Los Angeles declined and the wharf was finally dismantled. Today, no trace remains of what was once the longest wooden pier in the world. (Location: Will Rogers State Beach lifeguard HQ, 15100 W Pacific Coast Hwy 1 (P.M. 375), Pacific Palisades.)
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Los Angeles & Independence Railroad Depot - 1888152 viewsThis 1888 photo shows the depot of Southern California's second railroad, the Los Angeles and Independence. Originally a steam railroad, it began carrying freight and passengers between Santa Monica and Los Angeles in December, 1875. The line was later the Santa Monica Air Line, carrying electric trolleys until 1953. Diesel locomotives moved freight on the line until the 1980s.
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