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From: "J DOT Henry Priebe Jr DOT " root AT net DOT bluemoon DOT net
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 13:25:42 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: (erielack) Cleveland E55th Street Roundhouse
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On Sat, 16 Sep 2006, Mike Spinelli wrote:

> Here's something I have been curious about but never
> asked until it came up on local list.
>
> I found a building that looked like a roundhouse maybe
> 20 years ago east of E55th and south of the mainline.
>
> There were ties in the ground in places, wish I had
> gotten pictures.
>
> Now, all of the track charts I have seen have the
> roundhouse being west of E55 and north of the main,
> where the intermodal terminal is now.
>
> I'll try and get back to where I found it and see if
> there's anything visible. Now the NS has the line, and
> they don't like foamers, and the neiborhood is not the
> safest. But I'll see what I can safely and legally
> find.
>
> Mike Spinelli
> Kent Div. MP 215.5

Mike,

I have no idea what you found as I can't locate anything SE of the EL at East
55th St which looks like it may have been a roundhouse. I looked on Google
Earth and Terraserver and on a circa-1980 USGS map. The property immediately
SE of the EL & E. 55th St was once owned by Standard Oil according to a 1951
Sanborn map. Maybe you found remnants of a spur to their facility.

I have included an annotated USGS map of the immediate area. You can plainly
see the engine facility west of E. 55th St.

Henry

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