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Let's assume that this MIGHT be MacCorkle Avenue before it was made four lane. Could it be that the boards lead to an upper track? And maybe the lower track was elevated at the time of MacCorkle expansion? The river looks too wide to be Elk or Coal. And I know you said that the tracks had always been two wide on the C and O side, but have they? I'm thinking that they may not have added the second set of tracks until sometime near mid-century. I really don't know, but it's something to research.
Admin reply: Here's my second thought on the photo: This photo was taken at the same time as the new South Side bridge was being built. The city hired a Ferry to take people from South Hills to Capitol Street. (this would explain the nice clean cars). The Ferry landing was the old Ferry Branch site, which today is at the very end of Corridor G where it meets the South Side Expressway. As for the kids in the photo: The county hired buses to take them from the South Side, all the way to the new Patrick Street Bridge and back into downtown Charleston for school. That might explain the stopped bus. The only thing that doesn't fit is those railroad tracks. I cant find any map (yet) that shows the tracks that close to the river at Ferry Branch. Not even a spur line. (and a spur line wouldnt look that substantial I dont think)
Let's assume that this MIGHT be MacCorkle Avenue before it was made four lane. Could it be that the boards lead to an upper track? And maybe the lower track was elevated at the time of MacCorkle expansion? The river looks too wide to be Elk or Coal. And I know you said that the tracks had always been two wide on the C and O side, but have they? I'm thinking that they may not have added the second set of tracks until sometime near mid-century. I really don't know, but it's something to research.
Admin reply: Here's my second thought on the photo: This photo was taken at the same time as the new South Side bridge was being built. The city hired a Ferry to take people from South Hills to Capitol Street. (this would explain the nice clean cars). The Ferry landing was the old Ferry Branch site, which today is at the very end of Corridor G where it meets the South Side Expressway. As for the kids in the photo: The county hired buses to take them from the South Side, all the way to the new Patrick Street Bridge and back into downtown Charleston for school. That might explain the stopped bus. The only thing that doesn't fit is those railroad tracks. I cant find any map (yet) that shows the tracks that close to the river at Ferry Branch. Not even a spur line. (and a spur line wouldnt look that substantial I dont think)
Added: April 1, 2015
Name: Sheila S. Hossler
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I cannot make out what it says on the bus but it is an old Greyhound bus and I can make out the Greyhounds before and after the wording. I was wondering if that was some kind of lodge in the upper corner and all the people (men) may be there. The only tracks that might run that close to the river would be up Elk or Coal River that I know of.