Alma Junction, Colorado
39°16′03″N 106°02′43″W / 39.26750°N 106.04528°W
Alma Junction was the terminal of the Fairplay–Alma branch of the Colorado and Southern railway in Colorado in the United States, which has been abandoned since the early 20th century.[1] The depot closed in 1924, and the branch itself in 1937.[2] It was also known as London Junction, and according to timetables published in November 1883 there were two trains per day between it and Garos.[3]
The spur line of the railway, through Park City up to the London Mines, had been completed in 1882, the Mines themselves having been established in the 1870s.[4] By 1884, a small town of some 150 people had grown up around the depot.[4] It had an ore processing works,[4][5] and for a short period between 1910 and 1912 (because of the death of its owner George Moe) a smelter.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Singewald & Butler 1941, p. 35.
- ^ Simmons 2011, p. 147.
- ^ Poor 1949, p. 333.
- ^ a b c Massey & Wilson 2006, p. 72.
- ^ a b PCLHA 2015, p. 84.
Sources
[edit]- Park County Local History Archives (2015). Park County. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467132459.
- Simmons, Virginia McConnell (2011). Bayou Salado. University Press of Colorado. ISBN 9781457109447.
- Singewald, Quentin Dreyer; Butler, Bert Sylvenus (1941). "Ore deposits in the vicinity of the London fault of Colorado". Bulletin. No. 911. United States Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/b911.
- Poor, Meredith Clarence (1949). Denver, South Park & Pacific: A History of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad and Allied Narrow Gauge Lines of the Colorado & Southern Railway Company. Rocky Mountain Railroad Club.
- Massey, Peter; Wilson, Jeanne (2006). Colorado Trails North–Central Region. Adler Publishing. ISBN 9781930193116.
Further reading
[edit]- Brown, Robert L. (1972). "London Junction". Colorado Ghost Towns: Past and Present. Caxton Press. pp. 164–168. ISBN 9780870045301.
External links
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