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Pacific Electric
Sherman-West Hollywood Line
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SHERMAN-WEST HOLLYWOOD
The vast facilities on Santa Monica Boulevard. west of La Cienega Boulevard. came into being in January 1896 when PE's predecessor, Los Angeles Pacific, purchased 5.56 acres of land and constructed a steam power house, a car barn and a shop building. The complex was named "Sherman" in honor of the company's top executive, general Moses H. Sherman, and the name came to apply to the entire area now known as West Hollywood. Further additions included a large car house, substation and other repair and storage buildings built by LAP before the 1911 merger. When PE took over, the shops were moved to the 7th & Central facility in Los Angeles and West Hollywood Shops continued only as a maintenance center for the lines based there. West Hollywood, as the facility was known in the later years, was the home for cars of many Western District lines. Even before World War II, however, buses were based there, and as the rail system was converted the buses became preeminent. On September 25, 1954, the last rail line based there, the Subway-Hollywood Boulevard.-Beverly Hills route went bus. The last trolley wire was removed after dieselization of freight service, in 1958. By 1974 all the rail buildings were demolished for commercial development.
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