White Hall, IL: Lost/GM&O Depot and Wood Grain Elevator

Depot: (Satellite)

Wood Elevator: (Satellite)

Andy Zukowski posted
The Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Depot in Whitehall, Illinois. 1972

David Partak: Originally C&A Springfield to Kansas City line, then GM&O, then ICG. Sold to investors forming Chicago, Missouri & Western, then when that folded up, another bunch of investors bought it and named it Gateway Western. And KCS bought that out for entry into Illinois. Then Canadian Pacific & KCS merged. Line has lots of business I hear.

Richard Fiedler shared

Michael North: An 1890 patented Union switch & signal co. semaphore signal stands in service.

Richard Fiedler: Michael North the Alton installed those everywhere and most survived well past the ICG merger. We have a set from Elwood IL.

Steven Hooker shared

The CB&Q also went through this town.

1926/26 Roodhouse Quad @ 62,500

1926/26 Roodhouse Quad @ 62,500

1937 Aerial Photo from IHLAP

Digitally Zoomed

While verifying that the two jump-form silos we see in the photo are extant, I noticed that...

Street View, Oct 2013

...there is also an old wood grain elevator still standing.

Street View, Oct 2013

And the elevator has grown a lot since the above were built. In fact, these would be the jump-form silos that we see in the 1972 photo because the steel bins had not yet been built. That means the depot was south of those silos.

Street View, Oct 2013