Alma Junction, Colorado
Ghost town in Park County, Colorado, United States
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Alma Junction was the terminal of the Fairplay–Alma branch of the Colorado and Southern railway in Colorado in the United States, which has been abandoned since the early 20th century.[3]
Alma Junction, Colorado | |
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Train depot at Alma Junction in the early 1900s. | |
  Alma Junction Location of Alma Junction, Colorado.  Alma Junction Alma Junction (Colorado) | |
| Coordinates: 39.2675°N 106.0453°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Park[2] |
| Elevation | 10,256 ft (3,126 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| GNIS pop ID | 180004 |
History
The depot closed in 1924, and the branch itself in 1937.[4] It was also known as London Junction, and according to timetables published in November 1883 there were two trains per day between it and Garos.[5]
The spur line of the railway, through Park City up to the London Mines, had been completed in 1882, the Mines themselves having been established in the 1870s.[6] By 1884, a small town of some 150 people had grown up around the depot.[6] It had an ore processing works,[6][7] and for a short period between 1910 and 1912 (because of the death of its owner George Moe) a smelter.[7]
