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Most of Gimble Street is located in the [[Sanders Beach]] area. From [[Barrancas Avenue]] eastward to South [[F Street]], Gimble is unpaved, and largely inaccessible, as it constitutes the northern border of the [[American Creosote Works]] Superfund site, which is undergoing environmental remediation. Gimble continues uninterrupted to South [[B Street]]. The remainder of Gimble Street is a short one-block span running from South [[Palafox Street]] eastward to South [[Jefferson Street]].
 
Most of Gimble Street is located in the [[Sanders Beach]] area. From [[Barrancas Avenue]] eastward to South [[F Street]], Gimble is unpaved, and largely inaccessible, as it constitutes the northern border of the [[American Creosote Works]] Superfund site, which is undergoing environmental remediation. Gimble continues uninterrupted to South [[B Street]]. The remainder of Gimble Street is a short one-block span running from South [[Palafox Street]] eastward to South [[Jefferson Street]].
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Gimble Street is marked '''Magnolia Street''' on the [[:Image:WatsonMaps1949Repro.jpg|1906 Watson map]]. Prior to renaming of streets in that year, the street was called '''Alston Street'''.
  
 
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Revision as of 00:33, 2 March 2009

Gimble Street
West end: Barrancas Avenue
Major
junctions:
South Palafox Street
East end: South Jefferson Street

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Gimble Street is an east-west street in downtown Pensacola.

Most of Gimble Street is located in the Sanders Beach area. From Barrancas Avenue eastward to South F Street, Gimble is unpaved, and largely inaccessible, as it constitutes the northern border of the American Creosote Works Superfund site, which is undergoing environmental remediation. Gimble continues uninterrupted to South B Street. The remainder of Gimble Street is a short one-block span running from South Palafox Street eastward to South Jefferson Street.

Gimble Street is marked Magnolia Street on the 1906 Watson map. Prior to renaming of streets in that year, the street was called Alston Street.