Walking Tour of San Luis Obispo's Historic Railroad District
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Step back into history as you tour San Luis Obispo's historic railroad district. The tour is comprised of audio and visuals that will guide you to each stop and introduce you to characters from the past. The tour takes approximately an 45 minutes to complete.
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- http://www.historycenterslo.org
- Description
- Step back into history as you tour San Luis Obispo's historic railroad district. The tour is comprised of audio and visuals that will guide you to each stop and introduce you to characters from the past. The tour takes approximately an 45 minutes to complete.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2011-06-15 00:03
- last episode published
- 2011-06-13 22:34
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- Contributors
- The History Center of SLO County
- Author
- History Center of San Luis Obispo County
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- Number of Episodes
- 13
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| 2011-06-13 | Today’s tour will start right here at the historic train depot. San Luis Obispo’s first railroad was established to help local farmers get their goods to larger markets. In 1872, the San Luis Obispo Railroad Company was organized... |
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| 2011-06-13 | Built in 1942, when up to ten passenger trains stopped here every day, this 65,000-gallon steel tank held the water that powered the steam locomotives during World War Two. |
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| 2011-06-13 | Originally known as Glen Dell Hotel, this historic building is one of many we’ll visit today that catered to the railroad trade, boarding workers and offering respite to travelers. |
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| 2011-06-13 | Made of self-weathering steel that eliminates the need for paint, this popular footbridge connects Osos Street with Jennifer Street on the opposite side, and provides an excellent place from which to watch and photograph trains. |
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| 2011-06-13 | Built in 1894, this venerable old building was one of the few in California that served two different types of railroads: the local narrow gauge Pacific Coast Railway and the nation-wide standard gauge Southern Pacific Railroad. |
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| 2011-06-13 | Look right across the street and you’ll see the charming Del Monte Café, looking very much like it did in 1922 when it was built. Designed and constructed for just $600, it began life as a grocery store and barber shop owned by J.R. Robbins. |
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| 2011-06-13 | Conveniently situated near the train depot, this three-story brick building was where almost all of San Luis Obispo’s wholesale groceries first arrived, before they were distributed to the county’s many small markets. |
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| 2011-06-13 | Believe it or not, this is the oldest wooden commercial building in the city. Built in 1873 to house the city’s first newspaper, The San Luis Obispo Tribune, this house was originally located on Morro Street, several blocks from here. |
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| 2011-06-13 | This two-story neo-colonial house with Queen Anne influences was built in 1880 for Judson Rice, not as a private home, but specifically to be a boarding house. |
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| 2011-06-13 | Perhaps The Establishment’s most famous tenant was Jack Kerouac, who moved into an apartment here when he went to work for Southern Pacific in 1953. |
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