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One of the most iconic features of this terminus was the turntable system which rotated iron horses around on the rail line which came north towards Redding from Anderson and south from Redding to southern localities already in existence by rotating them on this circular contraption. Redding became the end-of-the-line at that time for trains traveling north in California for about a decade from 1872 until construction resumed north in 1883. At this location Redding’s iconic turntable once stood off of Tehama Street, in the railroad yard at Redding. Find out more in my newest video from Exploring Shasta County history.
SOURCES:
New Town - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, June 15, 1872
The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, June 22, 1872
Redding City - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, June 29, 1872
Redding - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, July 13, 1872
Redding - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, August 3, 1872
First Train - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, September 7, 1872
Trip To Redding - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, September 28, 1872
History and Business Directory - Shasta County - 1881 by B.F. Frank and H.W. Chappell. Redding Independent Book and Job Printing House, Redding, California, ©1881.
Redding Loses Old Turntable - The Tehama County Daily Republican, October 27, 1910
My Playhouse Was a Concord Coach, an anthology of newspaper clippings and documents relating to those who made California history during the years 1822-1888, by Mae Helene Bacon Boggs. Published by Howell-North Press ©1942
Shasta County, California A History, by Rosena Giles, published by Biobooks, ©1949.
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