#559 Roundhouse Row #559
by William Lum
Title
#559 Roundhouse Row #559
Artist
William Lum
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
Roundhouse Row is a narrow alley in Historic Roseville, California. I tried to figure the story behind this alley name because there’s no roundhouse in sight. In 1906, Southern Pacific Railroad needed to expand its Rocklin facilities and decided to move to Roseville. The first Roseville roundhouse was built in 1906-1907 and the second roundhouse was built in 1914. Roseville continues to this day to be the largest railroad yard on the West Coast. I located a 1938 Thomas Brothers map of Roseville and found the position of the two roundhouses. Back in the day, this alley, in the other direction from the painting, was about 1,700 feet from the roundhouses. You could walk the alley and make a beeline to the roundhouses which were in plain sight. 1948-1950 saw the construction of the Washington Blvd underpass to accommodate traffic flow under Vernon Street and the Southern Pacific tracks, which cut off Roundhouse Row to the roundhouses. North Grant Street and trees were added which now block the view of the train maintenance buildings, mystery solved.
This 11” X 15” watercolor was painted on Winsor & Newton, 140 lb, rough paper.
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May 28th, 2021
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