Wabash Depot: (Satellite, between Railroad St. & the tracks and halfway between State and Church Streets.)
Pennsy Depot: (Satellite, south of the tracks and west of Broadway Street.)
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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 |
Wabash Depot
Another Illinois town that has lost both of its railroads.
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Andy Zukowski posted Wabash Depot in Lovington, Illinois. C1910 Richard Fiedler shared Richard Fiedler shared Richard Fiedler shared |
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Andy Zukowski posted The Wabash Railroad Depot in Lovington, Illinois. 1960 Richard Fiedler shared Richard Fiedler shared Richard Fiedler shared |
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Andy Zukowski posted The Wabash Railroad Depot in Lovington, Illinois, circa 1910. Larry Candilas: Station was on west side of tracks so I'm guessing this is a northbound. Dennis DeBruler: I like photos of depots that include grain elevators. Richard Fiedler shared |
A topo map marks the location of the two depots.
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1940/40 Sullivan Quad @ 62,500 |
Lovington was on the branch that went South from Bement to Effingham and Altamont.
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Bill Molony posted via Dennis DeBruler |
There should have been a grain elevator out-of-frame to the left in the depot photo.
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1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
The grain elevator along the Pennsy survived.
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And fertilizer application is also big business.
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