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| Roger Kujawa posted Coal Mine, Lovington, Illinois. 1910s Postcard. This was on the PRR Line (Vandalia) Rob Manley My Grandfather was a coal miner there. He was later the town grocer, butcher, restaurant owner. My first train ride was from Chicago Ridge to Decatur on the Wabash to visit him. |
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| Andy Zukowski posted Coal Mine in Lovington, Illinois. 1908 |
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| Jim Yasinski posted Lovington, Illinois Coal Mine |
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| Andy Zukowski posted, cropped Coal Mine Shaft in Lovington, Illinois. C1910 |
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| https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/webfiles/topo-mines/lovington.pdf |
Unlike some towns that avoided building over their mine, this town was on top of their mine.
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| 1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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| At photo resolution The tipple is in the upper-left corner and it appears that a grain elevator was south of the Pennsy and east of Broadway Street. Grain Street confirms the grain elevator theory. Is the long white building northwest of the tipple the one still standing south of Williams Street? |
Pennsy was east/west and Wabash was north/south.
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| Aban RR Map |
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