Williamsport, IN: Former Wabash Depot and Grain Elevators

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Jeffrey Bossaer posted
Old Wabash Railroad depot in Williamsport, Indiana.

Jeffrey Bossaer posted 13 images with the comment: "Wabash Railroad in Williamsport, Indiana."

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Williamsport, Indiana depot. Don Burkhardt photo.

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Williamsport, Indiana depot. Don Burkhardt photo.

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Train wreck in Williamsport, Indiana, 1914.

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Wabash Railroad in Williamsport, Indiana.

Dennis DeBruler commented on photo #4.
This is the first time I have seen a grain elevator have to load across a town street. Railroad Street used to extend east of Monroe Street. So I think that elevator was in the northwest quadrant of Railroad and Monroe Streets.
1962 Williamsport Quad @ 24,000

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Williamsport, Indiana.
Dennis DeBruler: The town had at least two grain elevators.

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Railroad to the stone quarry in Williamsport, Indiana.
[I wonder if this is the bridge that got wiped out by the storm.]

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Stone quarry in Williamsport, Indiana.

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Map showing the Wabash Railroad at Attica, Williamsport, and Covington.

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Wabash Railroad at Williamsport, Indiana, 1940.
Photo courtesy of the Linden Depot Museum.

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Wabash Railroad at Williamsport, Indiana, 1940.
Photo courtesy of the Linden Depot Museum.

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Wabash Railroad at Williamsport, Indiana, 1952.

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Westbound train in Williamsport, Indiana, Jan. 5, 2019.

There are 1,618 photos for the falls marked on the topo map.

curtis gill, Apr 2021

One of my metrics for judging the prosperity of a small town is looking for filling stations. I found a Country Mark with three pumps and a BP with four pumps.

I noticed that neither West Lebanon nor this town have a grain elevator. So I wondered to where the local farmers haul their grain. I found an ADM facility on the south side of Attica, IN.