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Laws Railroad Museum and Historic site is just outside of Bishop CA. off
highway 6. The following text is from the Laws Web site... The decline
and demise of Laws and the railroad were the result of the local mines
closing, trucking becoming cheaper than rail freight and the city of Los
Angeles buying most of the valley for the water rights. By 1959 when the
railroad ceased operation, there was no trace of any of the buildings at Laws
as they had all been torn down for salvage. Only the depot, agent's house, oil
and water tanks and the turntable survived. All the other buildings you see at
the museum today were doomed for destruction locally but were saved by being
moved to the museum grounds... (compiled from the "Story of Laws" by
Clarabelle Hawkins.) |
