Lang Maps and Diagrams

Here are the four main land patents in the Lang area. 1882 - John Lang, 1896 - Cassius H. Clayton, 1898 - John Broderick Lang (son of John Lang), 1920 - Howard A. Slayton (the same land as J.P.'s, which should not happen).

A plan of Lang drawn in February of 1882. The location of Lang's Hotel was penciled in after August of 1884, when the hotel was opened. The Section house (b) was used as the depot during almost all the years there was a Lang's Station. Only two actual Southern Pacific Railroad depots were built (1888 and 1905 or 06) and both burned down. The full version of the plan can be seen here. (Lang Station Plan, Nineteenth-century Southern Pacific and Predecessor Companies Station Drawings, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.)

Dimensions of section house (a.k.a. Lang's Station) from above.

1880 plat map of Township 4 North, Range 14 West, San Bernardino Meridian, Lang Station section. View full map (PDF) here. (From the US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records website.)

Section of 1897 US Geological Survey Fernando Quadrangle topo map. Edition of 1900. Full map here.

Page 4 from Map of Lang Station Road from Soledad Canyon Road to Southern Pacific Rail Road near Lang Station, 1925, Los Angeles County Surveyor's Map No. 8795. Full map (PDF) here.

Close-up of station location from above County Surveror's Map 8795. Lang Station is at mile 438.8, the railroad distance to San Francisco.

Section of 1929 US Geological Lang Quadrangle topo map. Edition of 1933. Full map here. From Los Angeles, the main road headed east past Lang just south of the railroad tracks. The road then crossed the tracks and went over a bridge that spanned the Santa Clara River heading towards Sulphur Springs. There was also a rough road that went north up Bee Canyon just after the main road crossed the bridge. Over the years, the bridge was often damaged or washed out during the rainy season. It was decided to eliminate the bridge by re-routing the main road to the north of the tracks and river. This task was completed in the late 1930's. This new alignment of Soledad Canyon Road is what we drive on today.

May of 1935 diagram showing the old and the new (either finished or being worked on) route of Soledad Canyon Road. The section from B to C had not been completed at the time the diagram. Note that Rivers End Pub and RV Park would be located just below the circled "B" on the dashed line road that was used, at this time, as a temporary road while section B to C was under construction. That rough road was also shown on the previous map as a route up Bee Canyon. Diagram title: Southern Pacific Company, Present and Proposed Vehicular Routes, Lang-Acton, Los Angeles County, Calif. California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California, MS10 Series 2 Engineering Department Drawings Collection, Record ID 182689. Full map here.

March 25, 1943. The railroad has to go through five tunnels. Lang is between tunnels 19 and 20. In the near future, the tracks would be re-aligned to eliminate all those tunnels. Diagram (CE 17430) showing condition, Santa Clara river, Nineteenth-century Southern Pacific and Predecessor Companies Station Drawings, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California. Record ID 1991177. Larger version here.