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Metadata
Object Name |
Map |
Title |
Hand-drawn Texas Electric Railway Waco/Corsicana Division Map 3 |
Event |
Writing the Book Texas Electric Railway |
Date |
1956, May 31 |
Scope & Content |
Hand-drawn Texas Electric Railway Waco/Corsicana Division map. Note: Both Dallas-Waco and Dallas-Corsicana Division lines started in Dallas and ran through Oak Cliff Junction and Monroe before splitting off to Waco and Corsicana. See Texas Electric Railway Time Card CP.2005.GC.10-1 for more information. Map 3 shows a section of Texas Electric Railway track in Dallas between 8th Street and Clarendon Drive. Other notable features are the Hormel Meat Packing Plant and Clarendon Trestle. Created by Johnnie J. Myers and Walter Donaldson, while riding in the rear of a Texas Electric Railway car on the Denison and Waco lines. The number of the map is indicated by a circled number in the bottom right corner. This detailed map was later redrawn by Steve Scalzo from the Central Electric Railfans Association (CERA) for Johnnie J. Myers' book, Texas Electric Railway. This section can be seen on Map 3 and Map 8, detail 24. |
Associated People |
Donalson, Walter P., Jr. Myers, Johnnie J. |
Search Terms |
8th Street - Oak Cliff Clarendon Drive - Oak Cliff Clarendon Trestle Corsicana Division Dallas Hormel Meat Packing Plant Icon-Waco Division Maps Map Map 3 Map 8 Map 8 Detail 24 Oak Cliff Waco Division |
Collection |
Johnnie J. Myers Collection |
Catalog Number |
CP.2006.CL.1-130-27 |