Towns and Nature: Congerville, IL: NS/NKP/LE&W Depot, Water Tower and Grain Elevator

Depot: (Satellite, the depot is gone)

Andy Zukowski posted
Lake Erie and Western Railroad Depot in Congerville, Illinois, circa 1908 Photo by C.U. Williams
Richard Fiedler shared

There is a grain elevator out-of-frame to the left. It is no longer rail served.

Roger Kujawa posted
Here is the NKP (N&W) depot in Congerville, Illinois. Paul Stringham photo.
Thomas Dyrek: I believe the depot and water tank both stood into the early Norfolk Southern era.
Andy Bukowski posted
Nickel Plate Road, New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, Congerville, Illinois, Depot and Railway Express Agency.
Jim Kelling shared
Congerville Illinois (Nickel Plate depot)
Richard Fiedler shared

Richard Fiedler posted
Nickel Plate (LE&W) later N&W depot Congerville IL. Photographer unknown but will issue proper credit if someone can identify.Richard Fiedler shared

In 1939, we can see the depot and water tower just north of the tracks and west of Main Street. On the south side of the tracks is a wood grain elevator.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
A 1939 aerial shows that we are looking West from Main Street, and that Lincoln Street is in the background.
https://clearinghouse.isgs.illinois.edu/webdocs/ilhap/county/data/woodford/flight12/0bxm01033.jpg

Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
A 1970 topo map shows that the railroad facilities are gone.
1970 Danvers Quad @ 24,000

The depot and water tower were still there in 1968, and the grain elevator has more buildings and some silos.

Earth Explorer: Mar 7, 1968 @ 21,000, AR1VBVX00010122

There are several more aerials available between 1968 and 1977, but the scale is over 100,000. This sample shows that those higher scales are problematic for spotting buildings. I think the depot is still here.

Earth Explorer: Apr 24, 1971 @ 99,770, AR6171001004764

The railroad facilities were gone by 1977. And the grain elevator started changing to fewer buildings and bigger bins.

Earth Explorer: May 1, 1977 @ 40,000, AR1VEHI00010614
Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
But 1970 is well before the NS era of 1982, so I did some more research. I saw the depot and tower in a 1968 aerial, and I think I saw it in a 1971 aerial. (The resolution of the 1971 aerial wasn't good.) It is bothersome when I find an error of this magnitude on a topo map. But the tower and depot are definitely gone in this 1977 aerial.

I knew that elevators charge for drying, but this is the first time I've seen the prices. So I saved them for reference.