Gilson, IL: CB&Q Depot and Lots of Checkerboard Grain Elevator

Depot: (Satellite)

Andy Zukowski posted
CB&Q Railroad Depot in Gilson, Illinois. 1967
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CB&Q Train Depot in Gilson, Illinois.

 

John Stell posted
Former CB&Q depot at Gilson Illinois in November 1969.  John Stell slide.
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1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

The grain elevator has significantly expanded since the wooden elevator and several bins back in 1940. All of the silos in the depot photos are now gone.

Satellite

Gilson is on the route between Galesburg and Peoria.

1902 via Dennis DeBruler