Joliet, IL: EJ&E's Depot and Freight House

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Frank Smitty Schmidt posted two photos with the comment: "EJ&E station in Joliet, and the same building today, Joliet Fire Station 1." The colored Sanborn Map below shows that the cut-stone south end was the passenger depot and offices and the rest was the freight house.

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Bill Molony posted

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The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern depot in Joliet - circa 1936 or so.
Jessie Marsett I believe that is currently Joliet Fire Station #1

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Michael Bose The 2-ton truck with the semi-streamlined cab IS an all-new-for-1934 White Model 700, which was redesigned with a really streamlined cab for 1936 by Count Alexis de Sakhnofsky, who also styled the Checker Model A taxi of 1939-41.

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Bill Grenchik Looks like they are loading something from the second story on a ramp.
Keary Henkener It’s the fire department headquarters now.
Ken Luzbetak If you blow up that 1936 photo, the truck says EJ&E RR Co. on the side. I'm wondering if this was the year they gave up the office space. What year did it become Fitzgerald's Furniture?
John Govednik 1944
https://www.theherald-news.com/.../elgin-joliet.../a891osa/

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Bill's comments:

This 1900 fire insurance map shows the exact locations of the Santa Fe passenger station and the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern station in Joliet.

The EJ&E station is to the east and the AT&SF station is to the west. The cross street is Clinton Street. 

Update:

Bill Molony posted
This photograph was taken on the Santa Fe tracks looking railroad east (compass north) in 1960.
On the left is Joliet Union Station, constructed in 1912. 
On the right is the Rock Island Railroad's UD interlocking tower, constructed in 1913. 
In the background, just to the left of UD tower, is the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern depot, constructed in 1892.

Bill Molony posted
When the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad's depot in downtown Joliet was built in the 1890's, The EJ&E still operated scheduled passenger service between Joliet and Aurora.

John Smith commented on Bill's posting
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