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| Gary Sams posted [Note that the Illinois River appears on the left and the depot is close to Water Street on the right.] |
When I first analyzed Peru with Sanborn Maps, I could not find the Burlington depot. But with the visual clues of this picture, I was able to find it on a 1939 aerial photo. I put a red rectangle around the building that I believe to be the depot. Today, it is just more vacant land.
This was on a CB&Q branch that used to run from Streator past Zearing.
I wonder how many depots the CB&Q had in this town.
A CB&Q depot is in the left background.
Oviously, the CB&Q filled in quite a bit of the Illinois River over the decades.
This was on a CB&Q branch that used to run from Streator past Zearing.
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| 1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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| Gary Sams posted |
A CB&Q depot is in the left background.
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| Roger Kujawa posted Chicago Rock Island and Pacific depot at La Salle, Illinois. Just to the left of the steam loco was the Burlington Route depot on the branch to Streator. My brother and I would hang out here while mom went visiting relatives. [As opposed to the depot in the photo at the top of these notes, the CB&Q depot in this photo is a long ways from the Illinois River and Water Street. But I think it looks to close to the RI depot to be the one just west of Putnam Street.] |
Oviously, the CB&Q filled in quite a bit of the Illinois River over the decades.
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| Christie Pasieka posted I cleaned up this photo of Water Street. I do need help identifying buildings in this photo. Please mention anything else you notice. Harry Moore: Didn’t they say those big homes were where the beer barons lived? |
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