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Link to website: Tracking the trains: Old Elvas Tower kept them apart
Accessed at URL:
Accessed at URL:
http://www.sacbee.com/static/archive/ourtown/history/elvastower.html
Originally accessed:
Originally accessed:
10/16/2003
Organization:
Organization:
Sacramento Bee
Notes:
Notes:
A modest, yet vital mainstay of the railroad in Sacramento, the tower was built about 90 years ago and -- until its deactivation Nov. 1 [1999]-- was the last'interlocking control tower'guiding train traffic in the north state."
Buildings:
Buildings:
Southern Pacific Railroad Company, Elvas Railroad Switching Tower, Elvas, Sacramento, CA
Western Pacific Railroad, Passenger Depot, Boulevard Park, Sacramento, CA