Mount Olivet Cemetery Office and Streetcar Line - Colma, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 40.944 W 122° 27.385
10S E 547930 N 4170716
Plaque marking the former site of the Mount Olivet Cemetery's offices.
Waymark Code: WM5J6H
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/12/2009
Views: 8
"MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY
OFFICE AND STREETCAR LINE
IN 1896, THE ABBEY LAND AND IMPROVEMENT
COMPANY ESTABLISHED MOUNT OLIVET CEME-
TERY. DURING THAT YEAR, THE COMPANY ALSO
OBTAINED A FRANCHISE FROM THE COUNTY OF
SAN MATEO TO RUN A STREETCAR LINE FROM
THE TRACKS OF THE "40" LINE TO THE OFFICE
BUILDING AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CEMETERY.
THE MOUNT OLIVET LOCAL LINE, AS IT WAS
CALLED, SERVICED VISITORS TO THE CEMETERY
UNTIL 1926 WHEN THE "40 LINE" WAS RELOCATED.
DEDICATED JANUARY 11, 1986.
TOWN OF COLMA
ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ORDER
E CLAMPUS VITUS "
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