Alma Junction, Colorado Explained
39.2675°N -106.0453°WAlma Junction was the terminal of the Fairplay - Alma branch of the Colorado and Southern railway in Colorado in the United States, which has been abandoned since the early 20th century.The depot closed in 1924, and the branch itself in 1937.It was also known as London Junction, and according to timetables published in November 1883 there were two trains per day between it and Garos.
The spur line of the railway, through Park City up to the London Mines, had been completed in 1882, the Mines themselves having been established in the 1870s.By 1884, a small town of some 150 people had grown up around the depot.It had an ore processing works, and for a short period between 1910 and 1912 (because of the death of its owner George Moe) a smelter.
References
Sources
- Book: . Park County. Arcadia Publishing. 2015. Park County Local History Archives. 9781467132459.
- Book: Bayou Salado. Virginia McConnell. Simmons. University Press of Colorado. 2011. 9781457109447.
- Bulletin. United States Geological Survey. Ore deposits in the vicinity of the London fault of Colorado. Quentin Dreyer. Singewald. Bert Sylvenus. Butler. 1941. 911. 10.3133/b911.
- Book: Denver, South Park & Pacific: A History of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad and Allied Narrow Gauge Lines of the Colorado & Southern Railway Company. Meredith Clarence. Poor. Rocky Mountain Railroad Club. 1949.
- Book: Colorado Trails North - Central Region. Peter. Massey. Jeanne. Wilson. Adler Publishing. 2006. 9781930193116.
Further reading
- Book: Colorado Ghost Towns: Past and Present. Robert L.. Brown. Caxton Press. 1972. 9780870045301. London Junction. 164 - 168.
