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Satellite)
GR&I =
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
You can use the courthouse square to orient yourself. US-20 is below the bottom of the picture. My interest in this photo is that it shows the
Grand Rapids & Indiana (GR&I) going through the east side of town.
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Rural American History Captured posted
Sky view of the Town of LaGrange, circa 1907-1915. Look closely, you can see Corn School on Detroit Street! |
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Rural American History Captured posted G. R. & I Railroad Depot. Lagrange, IN Aprox. 1909 Debra Gould Collection |
These power lines would be built on the old GR&I right-of-way. Based on the aerial photo (red rectangle below) and Walnut Street, I believe it was
north of Spring Street and west of the power lines.
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Above aerial photo plus paint |
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1947/47 Lagrange Quad @ 24,000 |
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Matthew Ditton posted A before and after at Lagrange, Indiana on the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. Debra Gould provided the first picture of a southbound train passing the depot in 1909 at Spring and Walnut Streets. I took the current photo on 3.2 25 with everything long gone. The tracks were removed around 1980 but I'm not sure when the last train came through. I've searched quite a bit for train photos of Lagrange and there's and I've only been able to find a couple.
Nathan Nietering: Is there No evidence of where the tracks went in the brick of the street? Or is that just modern concrete stamped and colored to look like brick? |
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