Belt Line Railroad Roundhouse
Posted by: budd-rdc
N 37° 48.287 W 122° 24.195
10S E 552531 N 4184323
This waymark is the location of the former roundhouse of the now defunct Belt Line Railroad of San Francisco.
Waymark Code: WMFR1
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2006
Views: 103
History of the railroad from the nearby plaque:
Construction began in 1889 for San Francisco's harbor Belt Line Railroad, a terminal switching railroad with locomotives dedicated to moving boxcars and flat cars directly alongside cargo vessels. Opening in 1896 to serve the warehouse and shipping district on the north waterfront, the Belt Line tracks eventually covered 70 miles of the city front - from Islais Creek in the south, running through Fort Mason tunnel, to serve the Presidio in the north. Four tracks, that used half the width of the Embarcadero, extended more than a hundred spur tracks out on to the piers. It was a marriage of technology between ocean-going vessels and the nation's railroad system.
Number of Stalls: 5
Year Built: 12/31/1889
Currently in Operation: no
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