Chattanooga, TN: $39m 40 Million Gallon Wastewater Retention Tanks

(Satellite, see below for an image that has the tanks. This site can store 30 million gallons.)

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"The wastewater storage tanks along I-75 are generating $39 million in local investment and supporting jobs in the region."
I think that is an indirect way of saying the project costs $39m.

"The e2i2 project, part of the broader Clear Chattanooga initiative following the U.S. EPA consent decree, consists of the construction of two wet weather equalization stations that will store approximately 40 million gallons of excess wastewater during heavy rain events." [chattanooga_project]

Google Earth, Jun 2026

Street View, Oct 2025

Chicagoland's TARP is fortunate that it has quarries for storage because that saves the cost of building tanks and having to pump the sewage up into the tanks during a storm. TARP talks in terms of billions of gallons of storage instead of merely millions of gallons.

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Street View, Mar 2026

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Ponca City, OK: Santa Fe & Rock Island Depots, Abandoned Robin Hood Mill and Phillips 66 Refinery

Santa Fe Depot: (Satellite, I'm guessing that this was a depot.)

Rock Island Depot: (Satellite?)

Mill: (Satellite)

Refinery: (Satellite)

BNSF Railyard: (Satellite, it still has most of its tracks.)

Ken Madison posted four photos with the comment:

6/21/26, Sunday, Ponca City, OK 

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Depot (CRIP).

This depot was at the northeast end of Ponca City branch line that was built from North Enid, OK to Billings, OK in 1899, to Tonkawa in 1926 and to Ponca City in 1927.

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Dennis DeBruler commented on Ken's post
The RI came in from the south. Where is this depot? I think I found the Santa Fe Depot, https://maps.app.goo.gl/XyKypZdeoMDSMESH6. 1968/70 Ponca City Quad @ 24,000

An abandoned mill is on the left and a building that looks like a depot is on the right.

Street View, Jun 2024

This confirms that the sign painted on the silos is "Robin Hood Flour." So, this was a flour mill.

Street View, Jun 2013

This looks like a depot, but not the one in Ken's photos.

Street View, Jun 2013

This shows the mill and the Santa Fe depot, but my reason for capturing this image is the two locomotives in the lower-left corner. Does BNSF have local business other than the refinery to justify a couple of locomotives and a rather big railyard?

Satellite

The Phillips 66 oil refinery:

Street View, Dec 2025

Shorewood, IL: Lost Texaco and Standard Gas Stations on US-66 at US-52

(Satellite)

US-66 Overview

Village of Shorewood posted two photos with the comment:

#ShorewoodILThrowback when Route 66 went through Shorewood!

Many of us know the iconic role Route 66 plays in American history. Established in 1926 as part of the nation’s first Federal Highway system, the 2,400-mile route stretched across two-thirds of the continent serving as a vital transportation corridor that connected communities, businesses, and travelers across the country.

According to Route 66 history, Alternate US Route 66 went through Shorewood from 1940 to 1967. That intersection of IL 59 (then called Route 66) and Jefferson Street (US 52) is still the heart of our Village logo and inspired the name of the Crossroads Fest.

At that time, the area was primarily agricultural with a small cluster of service stations and summer cabins at the Crossroads. Many of those summer cabin residents would later form the Shorewood Beach Homeowners Association and eventually help lead our community’s incorporation in 1957.

So, as travelers made their way along “America’s Main Street,” they passed a riverside community that offered a summer retreat from city life. What began as summer cabins and farms would eventually grow into the thriving community we know today, a place where people, opportunities, (and roads!) continue to meet at the crossroads.

Michael Lambert: Actually, after its opening in December 1939, the route from Lemont thru Plainfield, Shorewood, and Channahon that continued to Wilmington was the official U.S. ROUTE 66 and Alternate U. S. Route 66 (66-A) was the former alignment that went through Joliet.

Bob Cardwell: That's a 1949 Ford in the picture it looks kinda old there picture is probably around 1955.

Bob Reichenbach: Anyone know about what year this is.

Pat Gabrielson: Bob Reichenbach 1950s Andersons Texaco gas station and restaurant NW corner of 52 & 59. Gas station where Burger King is now. Trailer court behind it. Also Standard Station on SE corner. Tavern to the east of gas station. Small strip center south of gas station. 50s-60 era. [The comments are very contradictory as to which corners these station were on. I agree with Pat that Texaco was NW and Standard was SE. But Burger King and the trailer court are in the NE corner.]

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Today's view. Note how some of the hills have been removed.

Street View, Jun 2025

As Michael's comment explains, in 1940, Route 66 was moved west from Joliet to reduce traffic congestion in Joliet.

Regional Map via Dennis DeBruler

Washington, NC: ACL Depot & Freight House and Underground Museum

Museum: (Satellite)

Depot: (Satellite)

Freight House: (Satellite)

The Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum is the SCL caboose on the left. The tan building is the depot, and the brick building behind it is the freight house.

Street View, Jul 2018

Wondering Carolina posted nine photos with the comment:

The old Atlantic Coast Line Depot in Washington has been a local landmark for well over a century. Construction began in 1903, and the depot opened in 1904 to serve passengers and freight traveling on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, one of the South’s most important rail systems. The Atlantic Coast Line connected communities across the Southeast and played a major role in the growth of towns like Washington by moving people, agricultural products, and goods throughout the region.

Today, the beautifully restored depot continues to serve the community as a historic landmark and gathering place. It stands as a reminder of Washington's railroad heritage and the important role the railroad played in the city's growth and development.

Just outside the depot, visitors can also explore the Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum, housed in a historic railroad caboose. The museum tells the powerful stories of enslaved people who sought freedom through the Underground Railroad and highlights Washington's important connection to those journeys.

Together, the depot and its museums preserve several important chapters of local history, from the railroads that helped build the region to the waterways that sustained it and the courageous quest for freedom that shaped it.

(Unfortunately all of these attractions were closed today when I went, so I will definitely have to come back soon to learn more!)

I'm from Washington NC and nobody told me this!: Thank you for including the Washington NC Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum in your post. We appreciate it and we would be honored to have you come visit the Washington NC Waterfront Underground Railroad! Call us next time you're coming to Washington, and we would be happy to open the Museum for you on a day we aren't scheduled to be open. Our regular schedule is Thursday-Saturday 11:00-4:00.

Wandering Carolina shared with the comment: "Washington, NC."

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[Because of the regularly spaced freight doors, this used to be the freight house.]

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I presume the building in the foreground used to be a filling station. The buildings in the background are now a pizza place and a bar.

Street View, Jul 2018

The name of the pizza place is Havens Mill Pizza Company. I wonder what they used to mill here. Was it a feed mill? I know they grow a lot of chickens in the Southeast.

Street View, Mar 2026

The freight house is now the Washington Civic Center, which is obviously an event space.

Photo, Jan 2023

The ACL did street running down 2nd Street to get to these buildings.

1951/59 Washington Quad @ 24,000

Russellville, OH: Old Shell Gas Station

(Satellite)

Matt Belcher posted two photos with the comment: "Russellville, OH"

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It has recently received some much-needed TLC. I'm glad he could find globes for the pumps.

Street View, Jun 2024

Chandler, OK: Route 66 Interpretive Center, Phillips 66 Gas Station, True Value and Feed Mill

US-66 Overview

"Cruising" the town from north to south.

Route 66 Bowl (Satellite)

Street View, Oct 2025

Route 66 Interpretive Center (Satellite)

Street View, Sep 2023

In Oklahoma, you are never far from oil.

Kat, Aug 2024

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What would be a Route 66 museum be without a gift shop?

Phil Cambran, Jul 2017

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It has an event space.

Photo, Feb 2019

I wonder what the building used to be because it is big.

Street View, Feb 2022

Repurposed Gas Station (Satellite)

Street View, Oct 2025

Westfall Phillips 66 Gas Station (Satellite)

Street View, Oct 2025

Note the crank on the right side that was need to "ring up" the sale.

 Eric Treadwell -GEOTREAD-, Aug 2023

The downtown has some interesting architecture

Then I discovered that the stone building houses the Lincoln County Museum of Pioneer History.

Street View, Aug 2023

But they are losing some of their architecture

Street View, Jan 2023

Street View, Oct 2025

Abandoned Gas Station (Satellite)

Street View, Aug 2023

This is the post that motivated "cruising" this town.

Jeff Thisted posted

Back in its better days.

Street View, Oct 2012

Mural

Street View, May 2024

Closed Douglas Grocery Store and Sinclair Gas Pump (Satellite)

Is the purpose of the bricks by the pump to deter theft?

Street View, Jan 2023

Street View, Jun 2018

True Value Hardware and Feed Mill (Satellite)

The thing that first caught my eye was the True Value Hardware store on the left. Unfortunately, they are becoming history. When we first moved into Downers Grove, IL, in 1976, there were three True Value hardware stores in town. Two of them were just a few blocks away. Unfortunately, we lost them decades ago. Now, if we need something from True Value, we have to go to Western Springs.

Street View, Jun 2018

The feed mill used to have rail service.

Street View, Oct 2025

The rail service was an industrial spur off of the Frisco Mainline.

1974/77 Oklahoma City Quad @ 24,000