Fancy Prairie, IL: Lost/GM&O Depot

(Satellite, nature has taken over.)

Ross Brocksmith posted three images with the comment:

GM&O RR Station

Fancy Prairie 

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Gulfport, Mobile and Ohio Railroad 

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Image Source/Credit: 

Ernest Grassel Collection

Only seen in-person in the Local History Collection

Downtown Branch of Peoria Public Library

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From Grassel’s volume titled  SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

Richard Fiedler shared

Richard Fiedler shared

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The 1939 aerial is ambiguous because there are a couple of rectangles along the track to choose from.

1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

So I got a 1969 aerial photo. It is definitive because there is only one rectangle west of the tracks and the "tank" that we see in the background of the photo is present.

1969 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

The "tank" and four jump-form silos of the grain elevator are extant. But they appear to be a monument to the strength of reinforced concrete. That is, the elevator appears abandoned but the silos are too expensive to remove.

Street View, Jun 2023