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Letters From Readers - Tracks by Green City Boat House
posted: Oct. 03, 2024

In the recent Gazette, the photo of the Green City Boathouse shows what looks like railroad tracks in the foreground. Would that have been streetcar tracks? Or would that be the RR spur shown in the article about Lot #25? Kinda close to the building aren't they?
cheers!
Christine N. Carlson



Hi Chris,
Yes, those were streetcar tracks. They traveled to Broad Ripple Park where there was a station and a turnaround. Here is an aerial showing that.
Thanks for reading,
Alan

From 1937. I circled the boat house. The turnaround is to the right, in Broad Ripple Park.
From 1937. I circled the boat house. The turnaround is to the right, in Broad Ripple Park.
image courtesy of https://maps.indy.gov/MapIndy/





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