Louisville, KY: 1891 B&O+C&O+IC+Big Four 7th Street Station, Central Station and Union Depot

(Satellite, as with many big city depots, it was torn down to make way for an interstate.)

This station has three names: 7th Street Station, Central Station and Union Depot, and it served the four railroads in the title. Louisville also had a Union Station, but it served just three railroads: L&N, Pennsy and Monon.

 

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This photo motivated me to research the riverfront of Louisville. The 7th Street Station is out-of-frame "below" this photo. What we see on the other side of the 1929 George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge is freight houses.

Richard Sattich posted
Aerial view of River Road and downtown Louisville, Kentucky, 1956. ... An aerial view of River Rd. and downtown Louisville. The Ohio River is on the left and the U.S. Coast Guard Lifesaving Station can be seen. Cars are parked along the wharf. The Louisville Gas & Electric waterside station can be seen, along with its six smokestacks. Additional buildings downtown are in view.
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What struck me was that the 1929 George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge was the only vehicle-only bridge in the first half of the 20th Century. (When built, the K&IT Bridge also carried horse&wagons and pedestrians.) The tracks going west in this topo excerpt followed the river to the K&IT Bridge. The K&IT Bridge connected with B&O and C&O in Indiana. The track slanting up on the right side is the connection to the Big Four Bridge. That bridge also connected with B&O. So, in hindsight, I don't know which bridge the B&O used to access this station. Or maybe they used both so that they could run through the city.

1951/51 New Albany and Jeffersonville Quads @ 24,000

 

Mar 24, 1949 @ 14,000; AR1IN0000050007

The Illinois Central must have shared the route labeled PENSSYLVANIA on this map to access this station. (The Pennsy woul have used that route to access the Union Station.)

1951/51 New Albany and 1955/57 Louisville West Quads @ 24,000

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1907

This would have been during the 1937 flood.

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That flood brought out people with their cameras.

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During construction, the depot was destroyed by a tornado. [city-data, JefferyT's comment]

louisville [The links did not work for me, so I saved the index information.]

Louisville, KY: Louisville Gas and Electric Waterside Station

(Satellite, the land has been reused.)

Richard Sattich posted
Aerial view of River Road and downtown Louisville, Kentucky, 1956. ... An aerial view of River Rd. and downtown Louisville. The Ohio River is on the left and the U.S. Coast Guard Lifesaving Station can be seen. Cars are parked along the wharf. The Louisville Gas & Electric waterside station can be seen, along with its six smokestacks. Additional buildings downtown are in view.
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louisville
Waterside Station, Louisville, Kentucky, 1951.
View facing southwest of the Louisville Gas & Electric Waterside station which was located between 2nd and 3rd Streets at the edge of the Ohio River. The image appears to have been shot from the train tracks and shows the coal storage yard. Five smokestacks rise from the building. Train cars hauling coal stand on the tracks.
[Note the crane on the other siding. I think the tracks along the right side were used by Big Four and C&O and maybe B&O.]

louisville [Sep 3, 1929]
Construction to boiler capacity at Waterside Station, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929.
An interior view of construction inside the LG&E Waterside Station performing construction to increase the boiler capacity. Handwriting on the negative reads "Louisville Gas & Electric Co. / Construction Dept. / Eng. Contract No. 2988 / Addition to Boiler Capacity / Waterside Sta. / Sept - 3 - 1929 / View From South End / Neg - No. 104231."

[Whoops, I forgot to record the link. I remember that the date was in Aug 1929. This is part of the construction described in the caption below.]

louisville [Oct 29, 1929]
Boiler addition, interior view, Louisville Gas & Electric Co. Waterside Station, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929
An interior view of a boiler addition under construction at the LG&E Waterside Station. Handwritten on negative: "No-29 / Louisville Gas & Electric Co. Construction Dept. Eng Contract No 2988 / Waterside Sta. / Addition To Boiler Capacity. / Oct-29-1929 / Interior From South End / Neg-No-106053".

 

The date is Dec 29, 1937 so it looks like they recovered from the flood of 1937.

louisville [Dec 29, 1937]
Waterside station, Louisville, Kentucky, 1937.
View facing southwest of the Louisville Gas & Electric Waterside station which was located between 2nd and 3rd Streets at the edge of the Ohio River. The image appears to have been shot from the train tracks. Five smokestacks rise from the building. Train cars hauling coal stand on the tracks. Photograph provides a side view of the Gateway to the South sign atop the LG&E building.

The flood happened at the beginning of the year.

louisville [Feb 16, 2937]
Reconstruction after flood, Louisville, Kentucky, 1937.
Men at the Beargrass Compressor station work to repair equipment after the 1937 flood.

Indeed, the station got wet in 1937.

louisville [Feb 13, 1937]
Flooding at Louisville Gas & Electric Waterside station, Louisville, Kentucky, 1937.
Flooding at the Louisville Gas & Electric waterside station building, located between 2nd and 3rd Streets at the edge of the Ohio River in Louisville, Ky. The building has four large smokestacks that are visible to the left. To the right is a large sign that reads "Gateway to the South Louisville Gas & Electric Co." In the foreground are railroad tracks and two railroad cars. Flood waters surround the area.

Dodgeville, WI: Lost/IC Depot on Dodgeville Branch

(Satellite)

This town was on the IC Dodgeville Branch that was abandoned in 1942.

Raymond Storey posted
DODGEVILLE WIS

Dennis DeBruler commented on Raymond's post
1937 aerial photo

Dennis DeBruler commented on Raymond's post
The depot appears to be extant, https://maps.app.goo.gl/cHZGL15f4bcrGY3C6. It is in the correct location according to the aerial photo because that is how I found it.

The railroad that passed north of town was the C&NW.

1902/02 Mineral Point Quad @ 125,000