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61st / Lower 63rd rail yards

CTL-E-0928 · Institution · other · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

The 61st Yard opened in 1893 for South Side Elevated steam trains; the Lower 63rd Yard opened 1905 as an expansion after electrification.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from PLACE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-PLACE-001:PLACE-009; source research type(s): transit infrastructure. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

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