Scovel, IL: IC Depot, Junction Tower: IC vs. Wabash and Water Tower

Depot: (A little west of the crossing.)

Junction Tower: (Satellite, in the southwest quadrant of the crossing.)

Water Tower: (A little east of the crossing.)

This town was on the northern branch of the Kankakee & SouthWest (K&SW).

Larry Foht posted

Illinois Central Railroad Depot

And Tower

Scovel Illinois

Does anyone know about the junction in the distance ??

Is that Kempton Jct. ??

Larry Foht collection :

Bill Edrington: Crossing of the IC’s Pontiac District and the Wabash’s 6th District.

 

Dennis DeBruler commented on Larry's post
This shows the tower in the southwest quadrant of the crossing, so the depot was west of the crossing. It is unusual for a topo map to include a tower, but not a depot. It is usually the other way around. I wonder if the depot was abandoned during the depression. 1949 Cullom Quad @ 62,500

Dennis DeBruler commented on Larry's post
(If you select "All comments," you can read the comments in the order that I wrote them.) The photo shows the depot was on the south side of the tracks. Since there is nothing with a shadow on the south side in this 1940 aerial photo, that implies the depot was removed during the depression, if not before. Obviously, a town never developed around this depot. The pond was probably creatd by the IC to provide a supply for its water tower. I've seen the IC do this in other towns.
There is a big gap in the topo maps for this area. This IC branch existed in 1963, but not in 1983.

 

Dennis DeBruler commented on Larry's post
I see that the Pontiac Division went between the two mainlines between Otto Tower and Minonk Junction. Link to download this map: https://www.facebook.com/.../IC-19710731-Predecessor...

 

A map that is geographically accurate:

1961 Aurora and 1963 Peoria Quad @ 250,000

David Kennedy commented on Larry's post