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Motordrome is an archaic placename in
“Birdseye view of resorts near Los Angeles, California” incl Motordrome (via LMU Digital Collections)
Former settlements in Los Angeles County, California Former populated places in California {{LosAngelesCountyCA-geo-stub
Motordrome is an archaic placename in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles and sometimes abbreviated as LA County, is the most populous county in the United States, with 9,663,345 residents estimated in 2023. Its population is greater than that of 40 individua ...
, California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
. It designates a rail spur that existed in the 1910s on the Redondo Beach via Del Rey Line, named for the Los Angeles Motordrome race track and airfield. Motordrome station lay at an elevation of 7 feet (2 m). The coordinates for Motordrome preserved in the GNIS
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() place it near the present-day intersections of Jefferson Boulevard and Culver Boulevard, in what is now the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve.
Even though the racetrack was destroyed in a fire in 1913, and the rails were removed by 1918, the place name persisted on USGS
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survey maps until at least the 1930s.
The Barnes Circus train partially derailed at Motordrome in 1914, injuring four.
See also
*Alla, California
Alla is a former streetcar station and archaic place name located near Marina del Rey, California, Marina del Rey in the Westside (Los Angeles County), Westside region of Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, California.
The former ...
* Alsace, California
* Cypress Grove, California
* Machado, California
References
External links
“Birdseye view of resorts near Los Angeles, California” incl Motordrome (via LMU Digital Collections)
Former settlements in Los Angeles County, California Former populated places in California {{LosAngelesCountyCA-geo-stub