Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Lake Park, IA: Lost/Rock Island Depot

(Satellite, a guess based on the aerial photo below.)

Historic Design Consulting LLC posted
Here is a view of a recently arrived Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Ry passenger train in Lake Park, IA ca. 1910. There’s lots of activity as they unload the baggage car and drays wait to make deliveries. The 4-4-0 locomotive had 69” drivers and was suited for speedy, lower-weight passenger service. These elegant depots were built by the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Ry in the 1880s, and one example still stands in nearby Rock Rapids, IA. 
Dave Garland shared

I had a choice between a high-res aerial that was more recent or a low-res aerial that was older. I started with the high-res photo, but then I got the older one because the grain elevators in the background had changed so much that I was confused. In hindsight, they both have a rectangle at the location indicated by the satellite link at the top of these notes.
May 4, 1966 @ 19,000; AR1VBIT00010105

It looks like the grain elevators did change a lot.
Oct 14, 1949 @ 70,000; ARA000700090609

This is the oldest high-res topo map that I could find.
1970/72 Lake Park Quad @ 24,000

The abandoned railroad land has allowed the grain elevators to easily grow.
Satellite

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