Amoco Junction, Los Angeles
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Amoco Junction was a junction in the Pacific Electric Railway's Southern District. It was located in Nevin, South Central Los Angeles at 25th Street and Long Beach Avenue. It was named after a nearby American Olive Company (AmOCo) plant.[1][2][3][4]
It was the junction where the Santa Monica Air Line split off from the Watts, Long Beach, and other Southern District Lines.[5][6] It was one of several points at which a tower crossed the quadruple tracks between Downtown Los Angeles and Watts.[7] Although Amoco was designated as a junction, many lines did not stop here. It was served only by local railway cars and the Air Line.[8][full citation needed]
Service was provided to Amoco Junction between 1904 and 1958. Though it is located along the route of the Los Angeles Metro A Line, it was not revived for use as a stop or station on it. Neither did it become a station on the Expo Line that replaced the Santa Monica Air Line.
Preceding station | ![]() | Following station | ||
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University towards Rustic Canyon | Air Line | Pacific Electric Building Terminus | ||
Adams Boulevard towards Watts | Watts Local | 22nd Street towards Pacific Electric Building |
References
- ^ Crise, Steve; Patris, Michael A. (2011). Pacific Electric Railway. Arcadia Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 9780738575865.
- ^ "Trains At Amoco Junction, ca. 1950". Metro Library and Archive. Los Angeles Metro.
- ^ "Our Neighbors". Los Angeles Times. June 1, 1930. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Spitzzeri, Paul R. (April 27, 2020). "Take It On Faith From Point A to Point B with a Pacific Electric Railway Pamphlet With A Spiritualism Connection, April 1928". Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ Hilton, George W.; Due, John F. (2000) [1960]. The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 412. ISBN 0-8047-4014-3.
- ^ Caltrans (February 1982). "1981 Inventory of Pacific Electric Routes" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. pp. 84, 108. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ Veysey, Laurence R. (June 1958). A History Of The Rail Passenger Service Operated By The Pacific Electric Railway Company Since 1911 And By Its Successors Since 1953 (PDF). LACMTA (Report). Los Angeles, California: Interurbans. pp. 79, 80, 133. ASIN B0007F8D84. OCLC 6565577.
- ^ Pacific Electric Railway Guide: Names and locations of stops, cross streets and important points of interest on or Adjacent to Lines of the Pacific Electric Railway. Orange Empire Railway Museum.
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- Pacific Electric Building (6th & Main)
- 7th & Main
- 8th & Main
- 9th & Main
- 9th & Los Angeles
- 9th & Maple
- STOP (9th between Wall & San Julian Street)
- 9th & San Pedro Street
- STOP (9th between Crocker & Towne)
- 9th & Stanford
- 9th & Kohler
- 9th & Central Avenue
- 9th & Birch
- 9th & Hooper (begin Four Tracks)
- 14th Street
- 16th Street
- Washington Blvd
- 20th Street
- 22nd Street
- 25th Street (Amoco Junction, Jct. with Air Line)
- Adams Boulevard
- 32nd Street
- Jefferson Boulevard (now @ Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard)
- 38th Street
- 40th Street
- Vernon Avenue
- 47th Street
- 48th Place
- 50th Place
- 52nd Street
- 55th Street
- Slauson Avenue
- Slauson Junction (Jct. with Whittier Line)
- Fleming (62nd Street)
- Spaulding (Gage Avenue)
- Merrill Avenue (66th Street)
- 68th Street
- Florencita Park (70th Street)
- Florence Avenue
- Ionia (76th Street)
- Nadeau
- Woodside (81st)
- Edgewood Park (83rd Street)
- Graham
- Kent (88th)
- Latin (92nd)
- Elcoat (97th)
- Watts (103rd)
34°00′52″N 118°14′35″W / 34.014373°N 118.243152°W / 34.014373; -118.243152
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