New Scenic Transcontinental Line Completed December 1st 1919 San Diego And Arizona Railway

by San Diego Arizona Railway

$100 · Offered by L. W. Currey · No longer available

San Diego: San Diego and Arizona Railway, 1920. Single sheet, 23x20.4 cm, folded to make four panels, 1 illustration, 1 map. Chartered in 1906 by sugar magnate and entrepreneur John D. Spreckels, the San Diego and Arizona Railway was one of the most expensive railroads in the U.S. at the time, costing nearly 19 million. The 148-mile short-line railroad connecting San Diego, California, to El Centro, California, was built to provide San Diego with direct

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