Alton, IL: Lost/Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Bluff Line Depot

(Satellite, on the south part of the park. US-67 used to be tracks.)

Andy Zukowski posted
Chicago, Peoria, and St. Louis Railroad Depot during the flood in Alton, Illinois. 1903

Bill Edrington: Alton Union Depot, used by trains of the Chicago & Alton and the Big Four, is visible in the background on the right side of the picture.

 

Mike Samuel posted
Alton 1943

Robert Fiedler: Bluff Line depot

This depot is near the left side and the Union Depot is near the center.

1941 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Robert's comment above confirmed that this was the Bluff Line Depot in this image.

Adam Davis posted

Judy Goby Oxtoby posted

Alton ~ 1867

In 1867, Alton, Illinois, was a bustling, post-Civil War river town situated as a key, growing harbor and manufacturing hub along the Mississippi River, just north of St. Louis. This detailed 1867 bird's-eye view map by Albert Ruger depicts a thriving community with active steamboat traffic and, by this time, was recovering from the intense pressures of the Civil War.

The city served as a vital port for transporting agricultural produce, with steamers such as the Ben. Campbell, Wester, and Lucy Bertram active at the landing. The economy was growing due to expansion in local mills and manufacturing facilities.

source: U.S. L.O.C., "Alton, Illinois, 1867, zoomable map," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/27663.

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