Z. S. Leymel
Zygmunt S Leymel | |
|---|---|
| 9th and 11th Mayor of Fresno | |
| In office 1929–1937 | |
| Preceded by | A.E. Sunderland |
| Succeeded by | Frank A. Homan |
| In office 1941–1947 | |
| Preceded by | Frank A. Homan |
| Succeeded by | Glenn M Devore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Zygmunt S Leymel November 27, 1883 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | May 9, 1947 Fresno, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Marie J. Leymel |
Zygmunt S. Leymel (November 27, 1883 – May 9, 1947) served in the California legislature and during the Spanish–American War and World War 1 he served in the United States Army.[1]Leymel, along with Public Works Director Jean Vincenz, were instrumental in the construction of several projects that defined Fresno during the Great Depression including the Fresno Municipal Sanitary Landfill, which is the first modern landfill in history, the Belmont Avenue Traffic Circle and Subway, which represents the first grade separated rail crossing in California and one of the first traffic circles west of the Mississippi River.[2] Vincenz and Leymel also widened Broadway Street through Downtown Fresno along with the construction of the Belmont Avenue Traffic Circle and Subway to allow for continued flow of traffic along U.S. Route_99 in California. Leymel is also credited for overseeing the purchase of Camp Fresno located near Dinkey Creek in the Sierra Nevada Mountains approximately 65 miles NE of Fresno. Leymel is honored by the smallest park in Fresno at the corner of Divisadero Street and Broadway Street where U.S. 99 would turn off of Broadway Street towards the Belmont Avenue Traffic Circle and Subway leading out of town.
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References
- ^ Vassar, Alexander C. (2011). Legislators of California (PDF). Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ http://sjvsun.com/news/fresno/high-speed-rail-collides-with-historic-fresno-belmont-subway/
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