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Nostalgia & History > Gone....but at least on film from around BakersfieldDate: 12/11/06 23:42 Gone....but at least on film from around Bakersfield Author: NscaleMike November 8th, 1983...Kern Jct Tower, and a CF-7 at the Bakersfield turntable.
  Date: 12/12/06 01:43 Re: Gone....but at least on film from around Bakersfiel Author: Steamjocky We all know when Kern Jct. tower was torn down. Does anybody know when it was erected? Mr. Sweetser?
JDE Date: 12/12/06 02:02 Re: Gone....but at least on film from around Bakersfiel Author: Evan_Werkema According to Gustafson & Serpico's Santa Fe Coast Line Depots - the Valley Division page 96, Kern Junction tower was completed April 25, 1900 and opened on May 1 of that year. It was a San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley standard 12'x15'x21' tower originally, with a 5' extension to the rear added in 1923. There were originally nine other towers built to this same general plan on the SF&SJV. Calwa and Sunmaid lasted into the 60's, but Kern Jct. was the last surviving example when it was razed in 1986.
Date: 12/12/06 06:59 Re: Gone....but at least on film from around Bakersfiel Author: NscaleMike Thanks for the info Evan!
Date: 12/12/06 09:41 Re: Gone....but at least on film from around Bakersfiel Author: JohnSweetser Actually, the tower building itself was completed in January 1900. It was the interlocking signal system for the tower that was completed in April 1900.
Date: 12/12/06 18:00 Re: Gone....but at least on film from around Bakersfiel Author: Trackwalker73 Thank you, thank you...and thank you. If you have more of the area and would share them, I'd be grateful.
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