Thursday, February 29, 2024

Cedar Point, IL: Lost/Milwaukee/Ohio & Gulf Depot and Coal Mine #5

Tracks: (Satellite)
Tailings Pile: (Satellite, the pile is gone.)

This was on the Milwaukee route that went to Streator, IL.

Andy Zukowski posted
Ohio And Gulf Railroad Station Depot At Cedar Point, Illinois. In the foreground of the card there is track switching post. In the background is the coal mine in tipple.

Directory

Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's post
The mine operated from 1906 to 1924. The tipple had been removed by 1939, but the tailings pile still existed.

The grain elevator on the right side of the photo at the top survived.
Satellite

Street View, Nov 2022

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