Terre Haute, IN: Indiana Gas & Chemical (a coke plant) and Milwaukee's Hulman Street Yard

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Bill Foster posted four photos with the comment: "Indiana Gas & Chemical (AKA Coke plant) was served via Hulman Street yard."

Bill Foster Was between 13th st and Hulman st yards on south side of Hulman street. Environmental clean up site now. The place had a car shaker for unloading hoppers. They shook cars day and night. I always wondered what it was like to live across the street.

Evie N Bob Bruns Driving by had that unique smell of coal being burned to coke. It was in the neighborhood. Lot of coal came in and a lot of coke came out. A good industry for the Milwaukee. Coke went to the steel plants in Michigan and a few other northern places. 77 usually had a slug of coke next to the caboose. Nothing on site anymore, all gone, a sign of progress?

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Dennis DeBruler commented on Bill's post

The 2005 SPV Map doesn't have Hulman Street Yard. It is rather rare for that map to miss a yard. But it is pretty obvious where it is on this topo map.

1941 Terre Haute Quadrangle @ 1:24,000

And there appears to be a roundhouse just north of Hulman Street.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Bill's post

The gas holder in the first photo reminds me that manufactured gas was an important byproduct of making coke. In fact, for this plant, gas was probably the main product and coke was the byproduct. I include this topo map because it shows where the gas holder was located.

1958 Terre Haute Quadrangle @ 1:24,000

Bill Foster posted two photos with the comment: "Hulman Street roundhouse and turntable."

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