Peoria, IL: Turntable and Rock Island's "New" Depot

Turntable: (Satellite )

New Depot: (Satellite)

An older depot is now The Blue Duck Barbecue Tavern.

Erik Rasmussen posted
Rock Island F7A 111 poses for pictures on the turntable in Peoria, IL on a nice day in April of 1969. R.J. Wilhelm photo from the Bill Riebe collection. Scanned by myself.
Walt Del Calle Is that the one by the "new" depot north of town?

Street View

1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Update: The new depot was yet to be built in 1949. The old depot is in the lower-left corner.

USGS 1949 Peoria East Quadrangle @ 1:24,000

The new depot is the rectangle along the tracks near the upper-right corner. The old depot is still in the lower-left corner.

USGS 1996 Peoria East Quadrangle @ 1:24,000

week.com
Public input sought on what should replace railroad turntable at Riverfront Park

"The Monticello Railway Museum will remove the inoperable turntable at no cost to the city. The museum will then refurbish the device and put it back into productive use in its railway system."

Paul Jones commented on a post: "When was the Rock Island round house built/ torn down?"

David Jordan: Paul Jones The roundhouse already existed when the 90-ft. turntable was installed in November 1928. It is possible some form of early roundhouse existed there after predecessor Peoria & Bureau Valley RR ran its first train into Peoria on November 7, 1854. The Rock Island's original yard was on the downtown riverfront, but the City owned the land and later forced the railroad to vacate. The Rock Island built its "Levee Yard" upriver in 1907-1908.

Paul Jones: David Jordan we finally got some engineering information for the turntable from Peoria so hopefully we can begin some restoration work toward making it a functional piece.

David Jordan: Paul Jones Forgot to mention the roundhouse was probably torn down after the City of Peoria bought the riverfront property in 1983.

While looking for the turntable, I noticed that the USACE has a storage facility on the riverfront. It had a ringer crane in storage.

3D Satellite

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New Depot

Ross Brocksmith posted four images with the comment:

New Rock Island Station

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Was this located just north of downtown Peoria?

Edit: located along Bond Street between Evans and Morton.  New in 1967.  The building is presently owned by City of Peoria. 

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Image Source/Credit: 

Ernest Grassel Collection

Only seen in-person in the Local History Collection

Downtown Branch of Peoria Public Library

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From Grassel’s volumes titled TRANSPORTATION

Richard Fiedler shared

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