Author Topic: Urban Construction Update - June 2013  (Read 11212 times)

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Re: Urban Construction Update - June 2013
« Reply #30 on: June 30, 2013, 12:09:42 AM »
RE: San Marco Train Station Project, this site NEVER was a train station of any sort. The 'South Jacksonville' railroad station was located just north of Landon on the east side of the tracks. Today a junk yard and JEA occupy the old railroad line. The railroad to the beach branched off from about the center of the JEA plant at the mainline and followed the north side of Landon crossing Kings and following what is today BEACH all the way to JAX Beach and Mayport. This was cut back during the depression to serve just South Jacksonville to Spring Glen, the last little segment along Landon west of 95, came up around 1970. The South Jacksonville Municipal Railways may have used the 'San Marco Train Station Property' as a car barn, but there is no evidence of such inside the historic buildings, nor have any photos surfaced.

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Re: Urban Construction Update - June 2013
« Reply #31 on: June 30, 2013, 07:05:22 AM »
^The South Jacksonville Municipal Railways never used that site as a car barn.  That's only speculation as far as I can tell.
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