Thursday, April 30, 2020

Chatsworth, IL: IC Depot and original grain elevator is still standing

(Satellite)

Roger Kujawa posted
Chatsworth IL~Illinois Central Railroad Depot~Grain Elevator~Passengers~c1912

Roger Jujawa shared

Roger Kujawa posted
Illinois Central Chatsworth, Illinois depot postcard.
Dennis DeBruler Given the word "Shortlines" in the group title, it is worth noting that this town still has both of its railroads because Bloomer Lines operates the former IC route and the new TP&W operates the former TP&W route.

Roger Kujawa shared

Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
Not only does this illustrate that a grain elevator was generally the other major building built in a new town, this grain elevator appears to be still standing!
https://www.google.com/.../data=!3m6!1e1!3m4...
That town goes on the field trip list to get photos of the elevator.


Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Chicago, IL: 1934-99 Chicago International Amphitheater, 1929-95 Stadium and 1900-82 Coliseum

Amphitheater: (Satellite, it was in the northwest quadrant of Halsted and 43rd Streets)
Coliseum: (Satellite, it is now a parking lot.)

History and seven images

EpsteinGlobal
[Abraham Epstein was the architect for this building. It became the prototype for convention buildings.]

In about seven months, the International Amphitheater was built in 1934 to replace the horse auction barn that was part of the destruction of the 1934 stock yard fire, the worst fire in Chicago since 1871. It was demolished in 1999 as part of a City effort to redevelop the stock yards as an industrial park. Its 12,000 seats hosted the Beatles' first appearance in Chicago and the 1968 Democratic National Convention. For arena shows such as livestock exhibitions, circuses, hockey, etc. it held 9000 seats. When the stockyards closed in 1971, it lost its livestock events. In 1979 it lost the circus to Rosemont Horizon. By 1983 it lost all of the shows to newer venues and lay dormant until 1987 when it was part of an urban-renewal project. [WTTWChicagoTribune, ScottyMoore]

Marty Peters posted three photos with the comment: "Chicago International Amphitheater! Lots of great wrestling shows there!!!"
[The are lots of comments about what shows people saw here.]
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Gregory Fruhauff posted
Professional Wrestling at the International Amphitheater...
[There are lots of comments and a photo of Evel Knievel jumping some busses.]
Chicago History posted
(1968) Chicago International Amphitheater - 4220 S. Halsted Street. This picture was taken from the back of the Amphitheatre and the view is looking east.
Growing up in Chicago posted
1968 - International Amphitheatre - 42 & South Halsted - opened in 1934, demolished 1999

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Glen Miller posted
Kevin Pianta
drove a 14d back in the 70,s one tough machineacThe second greatest fire in Chicago history was the Union Stock Yards Fire of 1934. Winds of up to 60 miles an hour at times spread the fire faster than a man could run. It caused $8 million in damages and burnt 8 city blocks. One person died and thousands of animals perished in the blaze. 
“At one time I thought its destination was Lake Michigan,” he told a Tribune reporter at the scene. “It was coming toward us so fast and the air was so hot no human could stand in its way. I sent in a call for 40 fire companies immediately.” ~ Chief Fire Marshal Michael Corrigan.
A fire station inside the stockyards was destroyed, as were six fire engines, a hook and ladder, and 5,000 feet of hose. The branch line that ran from the South Side “L” bringing workers to the stockyards had damage to the elevated structure, and the Halsted Street "L" station burned down. When the line’s electricity was cut off, the crew abandoned an “L” car and it, too, was destroyed.
It is believed that a lit cigarette thrown from a passing car lit the blaze. The city was in a drought and the dried up hay in the pens fueled the flames.
The Stockyard Inn, Saddle and Sirloin Club, Livestock National Bank were all rebuilt. They then built the International Amphitheatre which ushered in a new era in Chicago as a convention capital.

Jay B. Hornocker posted
The Beatles performing in 1966 at Chicago’s International Amphitheater, at 4220 South Halsted Street.
 Via Elin B Papciak

In addition to its original function of livestock shows for the Union Stock Yard, it established Chicago as the convention capital. It pioneered the use of air conditioning and media space. Coaxial cables allowed the Democratic and Republican National Conventions to be seen nationwide for the first time in their history. In addition to the infamous 1968 convention, it hosted four other national conventions, rock concerts, etc. [EncyclopediaChicago]

See ScottyMoore for much more information.

Kurt Winkleman posted three photos with the comment: "Chicago’s International Amphitheatre 4220 South Halsted Street Opened: on December 1, 1934, and was Demolished: on August 3, 1999. What concerts or other events did you see at the International Amphitheater?"
[I didn't look at the 692 comments.]
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Jeffery Shingles posted
Wrestling Roller Derby Car Shows Boxing Concerts and my Favorite Chicago Public league Boys HS Basketball City Championship also home of the Bulls before they moved to the Stadium.

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This photo of the previous facility that was destroyed by the 1934 fire is what motivated writing these notes.
Rick Wilson posted
The Dexter Pavilion at 4220 S Halsted. Built in 1885 and destroyed in the Great Stockyard Fire of 1934. It was replaced by the International Amphitheater.
Tom Krupica Prob a drawing. They always have this big flat expanse of land in front

Rick Wilson commented on his post
Tom Krupica Rick Wilson strange ground. Too flat

The eleven 200' solid steel arch trusses were the largest in the world.
EpsteinGlobal
By designing and building it in about seven months, they finished it Dec 1, 1934, just in time for the annual International Livestock Exposition that had been scheduled Dec 1-8.
EpsteinGlobal
They repaired or replaced several of the other buildings destroyed by the fire. "All of these buildings, including the Amphitheatre, were constructed for $4M ($71.4M in 2016), and, at the time, it was the largest building program in Chicago since the beginning of the Great Depression." These projects pulled the engineering firm out of its severe Depression Era slump because it led to more commissions. [EpsteinGlobal]

EpsteinGlobal
After reading several Department of Transportation descriptions of new bridge projects, I thought Design-Build was a 21st Century development. Obviously, Epstein probably practiced it in 1934 to get the replacement built before the scheduled annual exhibition. But they helped institutionalize the new project delivery method in the 1950s. So DoTs are over a half century behind the times.
Epstein-company, "50s" rollover

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP
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Stadium


The precursor to the United Center.
1970s Soccer USA posted
NASL Stadiums: Chicago Stadium was the largest indoor arena in the world when it was opened in 1929, and it 26,000-seat capacity and fabled 3,663-pipe Barton organ soon compelled the "Madhouse on Madison" nickname. Modeled after Madison Square Garden in New York, Chicago Stadium was home to NHL (Blackhawks) and NBA (Bulls) teams, and also hosted the Chicago Sting for NASL and MISL indoor play from 1980-88. The Sting set the then-U.S. indoor record when 19,398 saw Chicago defeat Tampa Bay in the 1981-82 NASL Indoor season, and went on to outdraw the Bulls that season with an average attendance of 13,322. Chicago Stadium also hosted the 1984 NASL Indoor All Star Game, which drew 14,328 but was notable for MVP Karl-Heinz Granitza's 4 goals and a bench-clearing brawl. The Sting defected to the Rosemont Horizon for the 1987-88 MISL season and the construction of the United Center made Chicago Stadium obsolete, leading to its demolition in 1995.
Aaron Mernick: It’s too bad they couldn’t incorporate the Barton pipe organ into the United Center.
Christopher Yelovich: Chicago Stadium was so much better atmosphere than the United Center. Just like old Soldier Field and Comiskey Park are so much better for fans than the new monstrosities built to replace them. That covers all the major sports teams (that count) right?
Mike Catanzarite: It also hosted the first indoor NFL football game.
Jeff Newman: Bears played the Portsmouth Spartans (now Detroit Lions) there in the 1932 NFL Championship due to a blizzard.

Comments on the above post

Steven Davidson commented on the above post
Needless to say… you couldn’t build it today. Man, that place ROCKED!
 
Historic Chicago posted
Inside Chicago Stadium. (1930)
In 1930, Chicago Stadium was a state-of-the-art arena that hosted everything from hockey and basketball games to concerts and political rallies. Known as the "Madhouse on Madison," the venue could seat over 17,000 spectators, making it one of the largest indoor arenas of its time. Its unique design amplified crowd noise, creating an electric atmosphere for sporting events. The stadium was home to the Chicago Blackhawks and, later, the Chicago Bulls, becoming a focal point of the city’s sports culture. Inside, fans experienced the thrill of live entertainment, surrounded by the grandeur of this iconic Chicago landmark.
Richard Johnson: It was the loudest place I've ever attended a sporting event.
There were sheets of plywood attached to the walls. Fans would rush from their seats to bang the wood when the Hawks scored a goal ... deafening.
Mark Kaspar: There was NOTHING like it!! With the fabulous Wurlitzer 5 keyboard PIPE ORGAN built INTO the rafters, the sound and vibrations were unmatched by any other stadium!!! The place would rock n roll and we fans would stomp our feet and scream like none others!! And yes, I'm speaking from experience having seen Blackhawk and Bulls games there, along with other events like Barnum and Bailey's Circus... and more...
John Zefeldt: Mark Kaspar It was a Barton organ, 6 keyboards, but you're right. There was nothing like it. You felt the volume of that organ.
John Ranik: Does anybody remember the Wolitzer pipe organ that played at the old Chicago stadium? The organist was Al Melguard. 
John Zefeldt: John Ranik Barton pipe organ. https://youtu.be/MnW4EQ8_wbc?si=h-dtIz37jtF2-Owd
Michael Gaydos: John Ranik It was referred to as the Barton Organ, and it wasn’t necessarily built into the rafters, but the pipes sat in the rafters.
Do I remember, yes, everyday
And it makes me sick that Mayor Dailey didn’t force his will and make the wirtz family remove and re-install in the UC
It’s disgusting
The organ was removed and eventually the council ended up in Las Vegas while the blower and pipes ended up in Arizona in a huge fire.
So essentially the organ is gone.
The link is probably the best capture of the way it sounded.
Michael Gaydos: Frankly, The layout in balconies is superior to todays chili bowl stadiums
Why any Chicago fan would ever step foot in the UC is beyond me.
Pay all that money for ridiculous site lines knowing we had perfection across the street.
Back then We the people didn’t demand an exact replica w organ and skyboxes.
I mean exact, and today the puck looks like a little mini pancake.
Jeff Cook: Need more arenas design like the old stadium in regards to the seating angles; those seats were dang near on top of each other which is perfect .
 
All Things Chicago posted
The legendary 3,663-pipe Barton organ being installed at Chicago Stadium. (c.1929)
The largest Barton ever built was installed in the Chicago Stadium sports arena. The organ was installed in the center ceiling, and had 51 ranks of pipes of massive scale as well as the usual percussion, traps, and effects. The gaudy red and gold "circus wagon" console (perhaps the largest organ console ever built) was on prominent display on the arena's balcony, and boasted six manuals as well as over 800 stop tabs. The organ was powered by an immense 100 HP Spencer blower, and the sound of the organ (in the words of the reviewer of Marcel Dupré's 1929 dedicatory recital) was immense: "...It was as if even the most ardent lover of chocolate soda were hurled into a swimming pool filled with it..." In a probably apocryphal story, long-time stadium organist Al Melgard was reputed to have broken windows and light bulbs while executing a fortississimo rendition of the National Anthem, to quell a riot that had erupted at a boxing match. 
When the Stadium closed in 1994, the organ was removed and prepared to be installed in the 19th hole museum. Soon after the museum closed, sending the organ along with another theatre organ to a warehouse in Phoenix Arizona. In October 1996, a year after the stadium was razed, a propane tank explosion melted and destroyed both pipe organs, excluding the console. The organ is currently in the residence of Phil Maloof and is in good working condition with new pipes.. (Wikipedia)
Illinois Past & Present shared

All Things Chicago posted
Chicago Stadium is switched from Chicago Bulls hardwood, to the Chicago Blackhawks ice. 🏀🏒
Year: 1994
📷: Bill Smith
Illinois Past & Present shared
 
Historic Chicago posted
The Chicago Stadium under construction at 1800 W Madison (c. 1929)
Edward Kwiatkowski shared

Thomas Mitchell posted
The Chicago Stadium, also known as The Mad House on Madison, was built in 1929 and demolished in 1995 after closing its doors in 1994.

Historic Chicago posted
Chicago Stadium being demolished (1995)

Historic Chicago posted,cropped
Demolition of the Chicago Stadium (1995)

Everything south of the Stadium was also filled with buildings. I did not realize so many buildings were wiped out to make parking lots.
1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

All Things Chicago posted
A side-by-side view in 1994 of Chicago Stadium & United Center. 🏙️
Ron Drews: Give me the Old Chicago Stadium any day. Only 16,666 seats. Plus how many could stand. The United Center is modern, but if you have to get an upper balcony seat you need an oxygen mask. And the players look like little toys. Best seats were first balcony Aisle 5 Section D rows 3-10. Rows 1 & 2 had the railing in the way. The mezanine was OK, but you might get splashed by a beer from the first balcony.
Drew Henderson shared
Scott Sondelski: The size difference is unreal.
Matthew J Arch: Scott Sondelski They aren't side by side. United Center is closer.
John Kirincic: Scott Sondelski The floor has to be the same size obviously. All those suites and 10,000 more seats.
Chuck Karabin: Scott Sondelski Makes you wonder how they fit the rink into the old one! I like to say though that the old Chicago Stadium was like a layer cake, it went straight up. During slow games when the Hawks were getting beat we would debate as to whether you could throw a ball from one second balcony side to the other. United Center swoops back so far that it would most certainly be impossible.
Thomas E. Zimmerman: Chuck Karabin layer cake is a good analogy. I attended many games and sat or stood in the third balcony. If you were at either east or west end you had to lean over to see action on the ice.
Kenneth Rainero: Chuck Karabin Chicago Stadium was a shorter rink than normal. 180ft compared to 200...
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Chicago Coliseum


Thomas Mitchell posted
The Chicago Coliseum was located at 1513 South Wabash Avenue. It opened in 1900 and was demolished in 1982.

It is now another parking lot.
Satellite

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Lodge, IL: Junction: NS/Wabash vs. Aban/ICG/IC, Wooden Grain Elevators and NS traffic pattern

Tower: (Satellite, the IC, tower and overpass are gone, but the NS/Wabash tracks still [2024] exist here.)
Grain Elevator: (Satellite, it is now [2024], literally, just brown land. Note that the street views below where captured in Sep 2015.)

Mike Sypult commented on Jon's post
Jon Roma I recognize that picture; I think it appeared in the Wabash historical society's magazine a a couple decades ago.
The image reminds me that Route 10 was once elevated over the Wabash at Lodge. I don't know when the viaduct disappeared; Illinois 10 has crossed the Wabash at grade as long as I've been in central Illinois (ca. 1979).

Two of the images posted by Jon Roma with the comment:
The town of Lodge, IL lies 18 miles west of Champaign on the IC's Havana District, which was part of the railroad's Springfield Division (headquartered at Clinton). The Springfield Division would be merged into the Illinois Division (headquartered at nearby Champaign) around 1960.
At Lodge, the IC Havana District crossed the Chicago-Bement main line of the Wabash Railroad at grade. There was an interlocking tower dating to 1901 consisting of 18 levers in a 20 lever frame protecting the crossing.
The IC Havana District was a typical sleepy rural branch line and was never particularly busy. In view of the low traffic on the IC, both railroads were interested in cutting the labor costs of having the Lodge agency and tower manned round-the-clock by telegraphers. The Wabash was going a step further and was in the process of installing TCS (traffic control system), which is to say CTC, piec by piece between Gibson City and Bement to further streamline operations on what was then a relatively important main line.
The solution to the problem, eventually agreed to by both railroads, was to install an automatic interlocking. The Wabash dispatcher would use the CTC machine to line routes on their railroad. If an IC train approached Lodge, and there was no Wabash move in progress or approaching on favorable signals, the plant would automatically line a route for the IC train.
This part of the Havana District was abandoned during the Eighties, though traces of the IC can still be seen some 35 years later. The Wabash line, of course, is now Norfolk Southern. Around 1990, the line was severed at Gibson City because of a lack of viable traffic north of that point. NS obtained trackage rights over IC's Chicago District and Gilman Line for its trains to and from Chicago. NS also built a connection at Gibson City to tie the live portion of the severed Wabash main line to the live portion of the severed Nickel Plate to allow trains from Decatur to travel through Lodge and Gibson City, en route to Bloomington and Peoria.
In 2020, much of the traffic on this hybrid Wabash/NKP line (known on NS as the Bloomington District) has declined, particularly with the closing of a large auto plant in Bloomington. NS has rerouted the Chicago traffic due to service problems on the trackage rights over CN. Yet, the signals on the Wabash that were installed at Lodge in 1959 remain – as does the Wabash siding there.
Nikki Burgess Jon Roma can you comment on what NS has done with the traffic that was running up the IC to Chicago? Where did they move it to?
Erik Coleman Nikki Burgess NS still retains trackage rights, and has run an occasional "extra" that way, but all other traffic has been rerouted via the Marion District to Elkhart and back west to Chicago.
Mark Rickert mostly diverted it to trucks. The trucking industry has no greater friend than the railroads.
[IC and/or ICG tore up all of their tracks on their mainline except for one. Now CN doesn't have enough capacity. I've read that Amtrak trains are late because CN makes them wait in sidings. And CN refuses to add more sidings. If they make Amtrak trains wait, they probably make NS trains wait even longer. I'll bet NS now wishes N&W did not abandoned the Wabash route between Strawn and Manhattan.]

Mike Sypult Some 14 coal-laden Wabash railroad freight cars piled up at Lodge, Illinois, about eight miles north of here, at 7:25 a. m. Friday, December 22, 1950, spilling contents of the cars over a wide area, destroying a frame signal tower and doing serious damage to the depot. Each of the cars contained about 50 tons, a total of over 1,400,000 pounds of coal. It was littered along the track waist deep in places. Signal operator C. L. Wells was saved from possible serious injury by being in the right place at the right time. Wells was outside watching for defects in the train as it went by at an estimated 35 to 40 miles an hour. The sudden accident knocked the tower down, but Wells, covered with coal thrown from the cars escaped uninjured. A broken journal probably caused the pileup, but the cause would not be determined until an investigation was conducted. The derailment came in front of the seldom-used Wabash depot in Lodge. The depot itself was knocked from six to eight feet off its foundation. The tower, located directly across from the station, was knocked over when it was hit by one of the cars. It normally contains levers for crossing switches for the Wabash and Illinois Central railroads. The accident also tied up traffic on an Illinois Central railroad line, but an IC official said that that part of the line is used only once a day by a freight train between Champaign and Clinton. DeLand and Monticello fire departments extinguished the fire in the signal tower. A diesel locomotive was pulling the approximately 70 cars in the train. It had left Decatur early Saturday morning and was bound for Chicago. Wabash railroad phone communications were halted as lines were torn down. Decatur-Chicago communications were cut off, but C. W. Furry, ticket agent at Monticello said one line had been repaired at 10:27 a. m. Long distance phone service to the rest of the community was also disrupted. Interlocking equipment at the crossing was torn up by the impact. The first car derailed was approximately 38 cars from the front of the train. The crew, none of them injured, was made up of Decatur men. Traffic was rerouted over IC Tracks between Decatur and Gibson City. The Blue Bird and Banner Blue passenger trains were detoured in both directions over the IC tracks. Section crews totaling 50 or more men were rushed to the scene of the mishap. Wreckers from Chicago and Decatur and a derrick from Clinton were brought to clear the hundreds of feet of torn up track.Taken from the December 28, 1950 issue of The Piatt County Republican newspaper Derailment occurred December 22, 1950.
Mike Sypult A few more Lodge tid bits: The original tower dated to April 1901 with Wabash paying $3,124.83 to construct and paying 13/36th of operating costs. Lodge also had a wood depot constructed in 1880 measurements 20’x50’ with a tin roof. Lodge telegraph call on the Wabash was “DG”.
[Some comments discuss the removal of the overpass we see in the tower photo. It was gone by the 1970s.]
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This marked up signal department drawing was produced by the Wabash, and circulated to Illinois Central officers for approval. Though manned by Wabash employees, the interlocking was a joint facility, and IC paid part of the costs of the plant.
Note that the signal engineer, superintendent, as well as a couple IC vice presidents had to sign off on the project.
Red coloring shows the apparatus placed into service, while yellow coloring shows apparatus that was retired.

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Nikki Burgess commented on Jon's post
If the NS has taken its leave (at least mostly) from the IC in northern Illinois, then this was probably my last shot of such a train (LOL well, I also moved to Seattle, which doesn't help the odds either!). On a sunny but cold early November day in 2014, I chased this train from Homewood south to Gibson City. My last good shot was as the train roared through Roberts, on the Gilman Line.
Dennis DeBruler One nice side effect of railfan photos is that some of them also document the grain elevators. I've learned that both Lodge and Roberts still have a wooden grain elevator.
https://www.google.com/.../data=!3m6!1e1!3m4...

Nikki's photo got me looking for the wood grain elevator.
Street View, Sep 2015
 
Street View, Sep 2015

When I couldn't reconcile any street view with Nikki's photo, I finally noticed Roberts in her comment.

The tower was in the northeast quadrant along the IC route and the overpass was already built.
1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

A 1:08 railfan video that includes the elevator, Dennis DeBruler shared

The train is on a connector from the Wabash to the IC.
Richard Jahn posted
June 1981 - Illinois Terminal was making their last trip to Monticello. It was a damp day in June - with all the green I should have posted this on St Patricks day. 🙂 Train is backing up on the connecting track.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Richard's post
I'm glad you caught the grain elevator equipment. It is now all gone,
 https://www.google.com/.../@40.1055627.../data=!3m1!1e3...
According to Google Earth, the elevator was removed between Oct 2020 and Jun 2022.

Monday, April 27, 2020

Shady Bend, KS: Grain Elevator with Concrete Stave Silos

(Aban RR Map)

I haven't seen concrete stave silos used in grain elevators and then I see a couple in a couple of weeks. New Ulm, MN was the first instance.

This "town" is like some I've seen in Illinois; that is, only the grain elevator is left. But in Illinois, the elevators not only generally still work, they have been upgraded.

John McCall posted
I discovered some better Shady Bend elevator pics from 3 years ago from another Facebook page. Any ideas on the three silo bins construction?
Bob Summers The silos are concrete stave construction, interlocking concrete tiles with the exterior steel bands providing structural support when the silos are filled with grain. Similar construction for farm "silage" will have the steel bands spaced further apart as silage puts less strain on the sidewalls than grain. Probable the wooden elevator had a headhouse, which is now gone. The silos likely had an auger from the headhouse to fill the bins.
Larry Reynolds Common construction in early 1950s using equipment already there but creating more storage

John commented on his post
Here's a close up of the main building.
I'm also wondering how they were all connected as no evidence now of a grain leg.
Does look like it's missing a top piece now that I can see it better. Be neat to go back 60-70 years and see it properly active.


Lorraine, KS: Grain Elevator and hopper bottom semi's in the 1980s

(Satellite)

Bob Summers posted
The co-op elevator at Lorraine Kansas, now a branch location of the Central Prairie Co-op. Appears to be a post WWII Chalmers & Borton slip form concrete elevator with a couple of annexes built in the '50's or early '60's. The outside leg and truck receiving pit likely was added in the '70's when farmers, using larger harvesting equipment began delivering the grain to the elevator with larger tandem trucks, sometimes also pulling a trailer often called a "pup" to keep the grain away from the combines in the field to speed up the harvest. By the '80's semi's with hopper bottom grain trailers were coming into use here in Kansas. 

Dennis DeBruler commented on Bob's post
The east/west route, which served this elevator, was Santa Fe and the north/south route was Frisco. The southern and western "spokes" were acquired by Central Kansas Railway. But they are now also abandoned.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer...

Saturday, April 25, 2020

Marquette, KS: Grain Elevator

(Satellite)

Bob Summers posted two photos with the comment: "The co-op at Marquette Kansas. Mid century slip form concrete elevator and annex. Late century jump form with truck receiving pit and leg that can be viewed in the second photograph."
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Dennis DeBruler commented on Bob's post
They have two large ground piles.
https://www.google.com/.../@38.5588054.../data=!3m1!1e3...

Dennis DeBruler commented on Bob's post
I was curious if the ground piles were made in response to the corn surplus of 2014. I learned they were made a couple of years earlier.
Sep 2011

Dennis DeBruler commented on Bob's post
Sep 2012

Dennis DeBruler commented on Bob's post
This town had three railroad "spokes," all of which were owned by Missouri Pacific. Central Kansas Railway (CKRY) had ownership of the east/west route. But they abandoned that route by the time my 2005 SPV Map was published.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer...