In response to John Krygier’s photos of Indianola’s substructure, Alex Campbell sent this lovely photo along.

He says,

There were streetcar tracks on Indianola Avenue from Glen Echo to Oakland Park. The Summit-Steelton standard gauge line was extended north from Glen Echo where the CD&M turned off to head for the private right of way of its Worthington Cutoff. I have conflicting information on just when the Indianola track was built; one date says early 1927 yet it shows up on a 1925 map. It was taken out of service in 1938 when the line was converted to a trolley coach line.

Here is a N. 4th St. photo from 1909 — Fourth Street and 17th Avenue view from southeast corner looking northwest from 17th and west of 4th looking east. Fourth Street north of Chittenden Ave. was the only streetcar line with side of the street right of way in Columbus.

The construction style used to reinforce Indianola (shown in John Krygier’s photos) appear to be similar to tracks used elsewhere in Columbus.

For good measure, Alex also sent along this picture of South 4th St. He says the school building in the left background can still be found on Google maps.

[Photos courtesy of Alex Campbell]

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