Monday, May 6, 2024

Elkader, IA: Rebuilt/Milwaukee Depot and Wood Grain Elevator

Depot: (Satellite, as of May 2024 it doesn't appear on the map. See below for a Bing Map image of it.)
Wood Elevator: (Satellite, it is in the middle of a current elevator.)

Street View, May 2023

Mary Witt posted two photos with the comment: "The Milwaukee Road Depot that once stood so proudly in the small village of Elkader, Iowa was built in 1875. The Depot was taken down 1974. In 2012 a group of train enthusiasts gathered with a vision to rebuild the Depot and their vision becomes a reality with the Grand Opening being held on Saturday, June 1st, 2024, from 1-4 PM. All are welcome at the Elkader Depot Museum."
Mary Witt also posted
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Dennis DeBruler commented on Mary's post
Where in town did they build it? The original location is now occupied by a grain elevator. 1967 Elkader Quad @ 24,000
Mary Witt: Dennis DeBruler The new Depot is built very close to where the original Depot stood. The address is 900 Mascara Road SE, Elkader, IA
[Neither Google nor Bing Maps knows about Mascara Road. But I was able to find the depot using street view after Bing Maps gave me a location on High Street south of town.
So on the above topo map, the depot is the white rectangle south of town rather than the solid black rectangle near town.]
[Mary and I exchanged more comments because neither Google Maps or Bing Maps knows about Mascara Road.]

The Bing Maps satellite is more recent because it does show the depot.
Bing Maps

6 of 28 photos posted by Michael Kearney with the comment: "Eastern Iowa and exploration near the Mississippi River in Prairie Du Chien, WI and Savanna, IL."
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Deep in the guts of their elevator is the original wood elevator.
Street View, May 2023

I presume the northern facility is a feed mill and the southern facility is grain storage.
Satellite

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