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Sanger Depot located in the namesake city in San Joaquin Valley of California.  The depot was constructed in 1887 as part of the Southern Pacific Railroad's East Side Line.  The depot building was relocated in 1977 to 1710 7th Street where it became a city museum.  The original location of Sanger Depot at 7th Street and L Street can be seen below on the 1947 United States Geological Survey map of Sanger. Part 1; the history of Sanger Depot The site of Sanger was plotted by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1886 during construction of their East Side Line through San Joaquin Valley.  Sanger Depot was constructed in 1887 at what would become the site of 7th Street and L Street.  The Southern Pacific Railroad would begin to subdivide and plot the town site of Sanger in 1888.   The East Side Line (alternatively Stockton-Tulare Railroad) branched east from main San Joaquin Valley line in Fresno towards Porterville.  The East Side Line consolidated with ...

Hawaii Route 232 was a portion of the original routing of Hawaii Route 19 along Mamalahoa Highway in the community of Ookala.  Hawaii Route 19 moved to the grade of the Hawaii Consolidated Railway which bypassed Ookala during late 1950s.  Old Mamalahoa Highway was reactivated during the early 1960s as Hawaii Route 232 to provide a state highway corridor to the community business district.  Ultimately this corridor was short lived as it was recommended for deletion in 1967.   The history of Hawaii Route 232 Ookala was established in as a siding of the Hawaii Consolidated Railway Hamakua Division.  Much of Mamalahoa Highway on the Hamakua Coast of the Big Island acted as frontage of the Hawaii Consolidated Railway Hamakua Division.  The railroad took the best grade alignments possible north from Hilo to Paaulio.  The first phase of the Hamakua Division opened between Hilo and Hakalau by 1911.  The line was extended north to Paaulio by 1913....

Hawaii Route 220 is a 3.7-mile State Highway located on the Hamakua Coast of the Big Island.  The highway connects from Hawaii Route 19 west to Akaka Falls State Park via the community of Honomu.  The road to Akaka Falls was part of the original 1955 Big Island Hawaii Routes and was initially signed as Hawaii Route 22.  The corridor would be later renumbered to Hawaii Route 220 when it was realigned off Staple Camp Road onto an extension of Akaka Falls Road.   Part 1; the history of Hawaii Route 220 Akaka Falls is located Kolekole Stream west of the community of Honomu.  The falls is 442 feet high and has been considered a major tourism attraction for decades.  Nearby Kahuna Falls can also be found nearby in the so-called Akaka Falls State Park.   A roadway west of Mamalahoa Highway in Honomu west to Akaka Falls is shown as being present on the 1930 Hilo Chamber of Commerce map of the Big Island .  The earliest known United States Geolog...