Arthur, IL: Junction Tower: UP+NS/C&EI vs. Aban/Pennsy

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Dave Durham posted
Arthur Illinois Interlocker Tower,1905, looking West from Vine St. Noel C. Dicks photo collection, Arthur Public Library.

Mike Sypult posted two photos with the comment: "From ‎Frank Smitty Schmidt‎'s post on Railroad History Buffs of Illinois. Arthur, Illinois ca. 1900 - crossing of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois and the Pennsylvania."
Mike Sypult Formerly the Pennsy's Peoria-Terre Haute secondary.

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1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Andy Zukowski posted

Aerial View of Union Railroad, Depot and Elevator in Arthur, Illinois. 1915

Looking east from water tower showing the two railroads trackage, C&EI crossing from upper left to right and Paris Decatur from top to bottom. Paris and Decatur was the original railroad that was built in 1872 and responsible for the locating of the town of Arthur. The C&EI was built in 1893. This photo shows the Union Depot that served both railroads until 1922 and all three elevators. Most of current older residents do not remember the third elevator downtown. They seem to forget the one on the left (Kuhn Bros).

[The tower is near the center foreground.]