Attica, IN: Old Aerial Views and 1873 Map

(Update: Jeffrey reposted these two photos and added a couple of old maps.)

Jeffrey Bossaer posted two photos with the comment:

1869 aerial view of Attica, Indiana showing the main line railroad built in about 1855, the wood covered bridge across the Wabash River, and spur through town to Mill Street. Everything is now as it was then except the bridge is a more modern design and the spur extends all the way to the south edge of town to a large grain facility.

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[Looking East]

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Railroad spur to Mill Street in red, Wabash and Erie Canal in yellow. The railroad put the canal out of business by the early 1870's, so in 1881 a railroad was built on the canal towpath from Attica to Covington. It operated until 1932 to Covington and to the gravel pit south of Attica until the 1970's. This branch line never made a connection in Covington, but connected to two other railroads in the vicinity of Mill Street in Attica. The depot is at the Fourth Street crossing at the north edge of town, nearly cut off in this picture

Jeffrey Bossaer posted
This undated map of Attica, IN shows the Indiana North and South Railroad possibly connecting with the (Wabash Railroad) at Mill Street. Notice this was before the north and south railroad was extended across the Wabash River and on further northward, and before the Wabash and Erie Canal ceased operating about 1875. After the canal was abandoned the railroad branch to Covington was built on the towpath in 1881. I'm guessing this map to be 1873.