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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
This was the SP's Central Station, in use from 1914 until Union Station opened in 1939.... Central Ave at about 5th St
Those Xs in your shot having something to do with the streetcars--we've seen them before on NLA, but did anyone ever figure out their purpose?
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They were railroad grade crossing warning signs employed where the surroundings favored hanging such from overhead wires rather than via the usual pole-based method. Alameda St. was the SP mainline through DTLA until Union Station was opened in 1939, so there was plenty of heavy railroading going on in the midst of the streetcar and auto traffic through this intersection.