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Old 08-14-2016, 05:58 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by knight1376 View Post
Zappa....I think I was always determined to do Exposition Pk. Wanted to get that one done.....after Robison is done Iam going to do Navin....rather Bennet Pk...........I figured out Bennet was built in 1901 as an all wood park..............Navin was partially steel and was built in 1912 on the same spot.....eventually it all evolved into Tiger Sta. on the same site..

I noticed that, also. That around the early 1910's more steel and concrete were being used. Maybe getting tired of all the fires. Just about every wooden structure I looked into had problems with fires. Some minor. Some major. Some multiple fires.
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