Includes assessor's notes, deed information, maps, and taxes levied.
Scope and Content
Includes assessor's notes, deed information, maps, and taxes levied.
History / Biographical
The Redondo Railway was incorporated in April 1889. Its principal backers, J. C. Ainsworth, George Ainsworth, and R. R. Thompson, had been involved in lumber and shipping enterprises in the Pacific Northwest and saw the line as a connection between a deep water anchorage at Redondo and Los Angeles. Built as a 3' 6" gauge steam road, the Redondo Railway began service between Los Angeles and Redondo via Gardena in the spring of 1892. In 1896 the name was changed to the Los Angeles and Redondo. The line was electrified in 1902, and three years later Henry E. Huntington purchased it. The company was divided in 1910 with the narrow gauge Los Angeles Railway taking the city trackage, and the Pacific Electric, and through it the Southern Pacific, assuming control of the interurban lines. The Pacific Electric converted the Los Angeles and Redondo tracks to standard gauge in 1911.
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