Motordrome is an archaic placename in Los Angeles County, California. [1] It designates a rail spur that existed in the 1910s [2] on the Redondo Beach via Del Rey Line, named for the Los Angeles Motordrome race track and airfield. [3] Motordrome station lay at an elevation of 7 feet (2 m). [1] The coordinates for Motordrome preserved in the GNIS ( 33°58′07″N 118°26′21″W / 33.96861°N 118.43917°W) place it near the present-day intersections of Jefferson Boulevard and Culver Boulevard, in what is now the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve.
Even though the racetrack was destroyed in a fire in 1913, and the rails were removed by 1918, [2] the place name persisted on USGS survey maps until at least the 1930s. [4]
The Barnes Circus train partially derailed at Motordrome in 1914, injuring four. [5]
Motordrome is an archaic placename in Los Angeles County, California. [1] It designates a rail spur that existed in the 1910s [2] on the Redondo Beach via Del Rey Line, named for the Los Angeles Motordrome race track and airfield. [3] Motordrome station lay at an elevation of 7 feet (2 m). [1] The coordinates for Motordrome preserved in the GNIS ( 33°58′07″N 118°26′21″W / 33.96861°N 118.43917°W) place it near the present-day intersections of Jefferson Boulevard and Culver Boulevard, in what is now the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve.
Even though the racetrack was destroyed in a fire in 1913, and the rails were removed by 1918, [2] the place name persisted on USGS survey maps until at least the 1930s. [4]
The Barnes Circus train partially derailed at Motordrome in 1914, injuring four. [5]