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Foothill Boulevard Cutoff – Sylmar CA

Bridge across the Southern Pacific RR in Weldon Canyon

A 1934 issue of California Highway & Public Works magazine reported that 3.53 miles of road from Tunnel Station on the San Fernando Road to Olive View Hospital (formerly Sanitarium) was constructed between Dec. 1933 and Oct. 1934 northwest of… read more

Olive View Hospital – Sylmar CA

In 1920, a tuberculosis sanitarium was established in Sylmar, and was soon acclaimed to be one of the best such hospitals in the United States. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) helped with landscaping, receiving $7,657 in federal funds. 33 men were… read more