Escondidohenge! Strange concrete cylinders on SE corner of E. Washington and Ash? (fence)

[Those Who Squirm]

Today this area is a large vacant lot, although I believe a mixed-use commercial/residential structure is slated to go in there. From the Historic Aerials website, this site seems to have always been vacant, except when it was being used for agriculture. During its agricultural period, there seems to have been a barn or Quonsett hut-like structure, although this was some distance east of the actual corner.

Curiously, though, if you walk down the fence line of this property, on the east side of Ash, you'll notice several large cylindrical concrete stumps appearing to be at least eighteen inches in diameter if not more. They seem much too big to have been the foundations of lamp standards, but rather, if not for the history of the site, would suggest the prior existence of a very substantial building or bridge of some kind. In fact, they resemble the supports used for freeway overpasses, although they are not nearly that large. Today they are about three feet high, but the corroded steel "bones" poking up from their tops seem to demonstrate conclusively that they were once much taller.

I apologize for not having pictures, but will update the thread with some in the near future.

[sdjimbob]

Is this where they have the annual carnival? I'd email the city and ask, maybe they know..

[Those Who Squirm]

Originally Posted by sdjimbob

Is this where they have the annual carnival? I'd email the city and ask, maybe they know..

They did just have a carnival there, so I assume it's the one you're referring to. But all that happens well inside the fence line; the concrete stumps don't seem to have any connection with the carnival.

Come to think of it, though, they do look big and heavy enough to have been used to tie off guy ropes for tents or rows of booths such as you might find on a midway. Maybe they did serve that purpose in past years.