Bing View |
When I do one more click to the North, I get a new view that does not have the depot.
Bing View |
Kenneth Luzbetak posted four photos with the comment: "Wilmington, ILL Depot, Chicago & Alton/GM&O. Torn down due to track upgrades. My photos, 2011."
Everett Lueck: The foundation was limestone from the quarries at Pontiac, same as the Bloomington shops. That dates the station to the very early part of the Chicago and Alton.
Robert Fiedler: Everett Lueck I believe the depot was constructed in 1869.
Richard Fiedler: When the Alton was bought by the B&O the papers were signed in this depot.
[This was wiped out for a second track as part of the high-speed upgrade.]
Bill Grenchik commented on Kenneth's post February 2012 |
1:26 video "On February 7&8, 2012, one of the oldest depots in Illinois was torn down. This is to make room for a high speed rail line. The depot was built for the Chicago & Alton in 1868." |
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