Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Rock Rapids, IA: Museum/Rock Island Depot, RI Caboose and Lost Wood Grain Elevator

Depot: (Satellite)
Museum: (Satellite)
Wood Elevator: (Satellite, it was just north of the rectangular elevator.)
Co-op Elevator: (Satellite)
Crossing of RI and IC: (Satellite)

Joseph Wright Slegers, Oct 2019

Part of the depot is on the far right and the elevator is on the left.
Street View, Jun 2025

Benjamin Westercamp posted
Rock Rapids, Iowa Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Depot 
my photo from 7-22-18

The museum has a windmill as well as a caboose.
Street View, Jun 2025

North side of grain elevator.
Street View, Jun 2025

This photo caused me to look for older street views.
Jeremy Stiltz, Sep 2021

This is the next oldest street view. So the wood elevator was removed between 2021 and 2025.
Street View, Oct 2021

This confirms that there was a feed truck behind the tractor in Jeremy's photo above. I wonder if the wood elevator was the feed mill and if they got rid of this truck when they got rid of the elevator. Or is the rectangular elevator also a feed mill?
Stan Winkowitsch, Apr 2018

A small sampling of the displays in the museum.

C Knoblock, Jun 2022

Tyler Sullivan, Aug 2024

Tyler Sullivan, Aug 2024

In addition to the Rock Island going east/west across the north side of town, the Illinois Central went north/south through town.
1971/73 Rock Rapids Quad @ 24,000

The IC being this far north in Iowa surprised me so I checked it out. It was on a branch up to Sioux Falls.
Bill Molony posted via Dennis DeBruler
From the March 30, 1969 timetable.

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