Elevator: (Satellite, it is still standing.)
Note the rolls of fencing waiting to be picked up by a farmer.
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| McHenry County Historical Society & Museum posted This classic railroad station photo shows Ringwood about circa 1915. Note the "train order board" at the right of the photo. The arms of the board would tell train engineers whether there were "orders" for them to pick up. These orders told engineers and conductors what was going on ahead of them especially concerning the rail junction at Genoa City, Wisconsin. Just to the left of the station in photo stands a two stall outhouse for use by both station employees and passengers. One stall was for women while the men used the other. In 1910 five passenger trains in each direction stopped at Ringwood. Three passenger trains served the community on weekends along with a daily freight train. All of this traffic was because Lake Geneva, and beyond that, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, generated a lot of commuter business including the Wrigley (chewing gum) family during the week and tourist business on weekends. The station agent in Ringwood was kept busy selling passenger tickets and in dealing with freight billing generated by a milk platform and a grain elevator (seen on the far left of the photo). Passenger traffic on the line was discontinued in the early 1980s. The station came down long before that. The rails were pulled up in the fall of 1983. The right of way would eventually become a part of the McHenry County Conservation District's prairie path. Thomas G. Morin shared Doug Murphy shared Andrew Roth shared Aaron Grace: The line (now UP's McHenry Branch) does continue to serve Ringwood, albeit not at this exact location. |
The elevator is larger than the typical design.
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| Street View, Sep 2023 |
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| 1939 Aerial Photo via ILHAP |
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