The Santa Clara Interlocking Control Tower - Santa Clara, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 21.225 W 121° 56.264
10S E 594078 N 4134645
A new plaque in Santa Clara.
Waymark Code: WMJM9K
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/03/2013
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THE SANTA CLARA INTERLOCKING
CONTROL TOWER
BUILT IN 1926 AND USED AROUND THE CLOCK UNTIL JULY 17, 1993 THE
SANTA CLARA INTERLOCKING CONTROL TOWER IS ONE OF TWO HARRIMAN
STANDARD No.4 TOWERS IN CALIFORNIA.
THE GENERAL RAILWAY SIGNAL Co. MODEL 2 UNIT LEVER TYPE
INTERLOCKING MACHINE ON THE UPPER FLOOR, OPERATED THE MANY SWITCHES AND
SIGNALS THAT CONTROLLED RAILWAY TRAFFIC FROM THE PENINSULA LINE FROM SAN
FRANCISCO AND THE MULFORD LINE FROM OAKLAND.
THE OUT BUILDINGS, THE TOOL SHED AND THE SPEEDER SHED, WERE USED
TO STORE TRACK INSPECTOR'S CAR AND TOOLS.
AFTER 65 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE, CONTROL OF
THE LINE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE COMPUTER AT THE
SAN JOSE DEPOT. IT WAS THE END OF AN ERA.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR HERITAGE. THE
SBHRS, THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA AND MOUNTAIN CHARLIE
CHAPTER No. 1850 OF E CLAMPUS VITUS
HEREBY DEDICATES THIS PLAQUE.
"RIGHT WRONGS NOBODY"
THIS PLAQUEWAS TO BE DEDICATED IN 1999, BUT AFTER MANY
DELAYS, THE MONUMENT WAS BUILT AND DEDICATED ON MAY 25, 2013.
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