Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles Reservoir and Black Shade Balls

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The reservoir is covered with 96,000,000 black balls so that sunlight cannot enter the water. The primary purpose for keeping the sunlight out of the water is to avoid the chemical reaction that turns bromide and chlorine into bromate (BrO3), which is carcinogenic. The water source for this reservoir has naturally occurring bromide.  And since this reservoir hold treated water, chlorine has been added at the filtration plant. The balls have the further advantages of reducing evaporation, controlling algae by stopping photosynthesis and keeping wildlife off the water. The reduction of evaporation saves an estimated 300m gallons of treated water each year.

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This Facebook Reel is a shorter version of the above video.

Madison, NJ: New Jersey Transit/DL&W Depot

(Satellite)

The East Coast regularly beats the Midwest for the faciness of their depots.

Street View, Aug 2018

Jack Norris posted seven photos with the comment: "The substantial stone station built by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RR in Madison, NJ, Still a busy stop for NJT."

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Eric Finkelstein, Mar 2022

Jason M, Oct 2024

The commuter service in the NYC metro area looks complicated. I accessed the link on Google Maps, https://dv.njtransit.com/mobile/tid-mobile.aspx?SID=MA, to learn more. But I got a "500- Internal server error" in response. I hope NJT maintains their trains better than their website.

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1954/55 Morristown Quad @ 24,000

Upland, IN: Park/Pennsy/Panhandle Depot

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I included the baggage cart on the left and the caboose on the right.

Street View, Aug 2023

Street View, Aug 2023

This is the main photo for the town of Inland on Google Maps.

Jim Duncan, Jul 2022

I.e. Xam posted
Upland IN

According to the 2005 SPV Map, the railroad is NS/Pennsy. Given that Upland is significantly south of Fort Wayne, I wondered if this town was on Pennsy's Panhandle route.  Upland is on a Pennsy route that goes from Marion, IN, to Gas City to Upland to Hartford City and then straight to Union City, IN.

1953/53 Muncie Quad @ 250,000

Indeed, that is on the Panhandle route.

Brain A Morgan posted via Dennis DeBruler

I was surprised because I though the Panhandle routes had been abandoned. The route between Marion and Hartford City is still active, but it is no longer owned by NS. It is now owned by Central Railroad of Indianapolis (CERA).

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