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Shreveport T&P depots--both of them

Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:15 am
by dhogan
Here's the last one used by the T&P, built in the 1960s:
http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm4/ ... X=1&REC=10

The previous one was an Art Deco-style one from the 1930s that was just demolished in the last 10-15 years:
http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm4/ ... X=1&REC=11

The switch from the older depot to the newer one was largely prompted by the need to avoid the slow, time-consuming route required to reach the Art Deco depot near downtown Shreveport. Perhaps it was more expensive to maintain too.