Depot: (Satellite)
North Elevator: (Satellite)
South Elevator: (Satellite)
Stockyards: (Satellite, judging from the second photo below, they were behind the northern elevator. Judging by the aerial photos below, they were gone by 1939.)
Edward Weber posted two photos with the comment: "Just returned from our local history room in Freeport, Ill. Here are some pictures from Dakota, Ill. Now this area is a park. I never realized there were tracks next to the stock yard."
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This town had a small railyard. Is that because of the stockyards? Normally, a town has just a siding and/or a house track.
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| 1944 Freeport Quad @ 62,500 |
It is nice that the former railroad property has become a park in this town.
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| 1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
I checked out the area where I think the stockyards were located. Because of the ventilator on the roof, I think the building on the left is a remnant of the north grain elevator. I wonder what the foundation wall was for. The water tower in the background is gone in the Aug 2023 street view.
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| Street View, Aug 2012 |
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