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David Johnson posted
Marseille coal company with a I T S car |
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David Johnson posted to the Chicago Ottawa and Peoria Group
Marseille , Ill Marseille coal I T S car #3088 used on the valley lines |
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Since the mine started in 1891, I started with the oldest topo map available, 1892.
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| 1892/92 Marseilles Quad @ 62,500 |
But then when I could not find the interurban railroad that I knew used to go along the north side of the river, I remembered that electricity had barely been developed in 1890. So I got a 1916 topo. This shows the CO&P interurban.
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| 1916/16 Marseilles Quad @ 62,500 |
The mine that is marked on the topo map is 2704 according to the ISGS map above.
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The topo maps clearly show the river bluffs. I've read there were a lot of coal mines around Marseilles because they could see seams of coal as outcrops in the bluff. So, all they had to do was dig sideways into the bluff.
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