..Trevarno. This factory
street (Coast Fuse Works) was named for the home of George Bickford
at Tuckingmill, Cornwall, England who had the first plant for
manufacturing safety fuse. It is a Welsh word meaning literally
"head of the valley".
..Midway. At one time
the site of a Southern Pacific Railroad station, located some
16 miles by rail east of Livermore, so named because it was the
halfway point between Altamount and Tracy.
..Tubbsville. Settlement
of cheap housing units formerly located on Railroad Avenue east
of the new Bank of America. Built by the late George Tubbs who
was mayor of Livermore from 1935-40.
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