Findlay, IL: C&EI Depot and Coal Loading?

(Satellite)  Just south of Findlay is where the branch to Southern Illinois branched off the route to St. Louis.

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C&EI Findlay Illinois
Bill Edrington Hard to imagine today that Findlay once had a hotel!
Dennis DeBruler At first, I though the structure on the left was a coal dock. But then I noticed it was trucks, not hoppers, that went up the ramp. Were there coal mines nearby that loaded hoppers here for shipment?

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C&EI Findlay Illinois