Depot: (Satellite)
Not only is the depot and railroad lost, so is the town. There is still a well defined treeline for the railroad.
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| Andy Zukowski posted Coal Mine in Cardiff Illinois. 1909 [A cropped version of this photo that does not have the women: https://maps.app.goo.gl/noMGn5JrthVm3zqn9. It is hard to tell if they were in the original version before cropping.] |
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| David R. Chittenden, Jul 2019 |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's post Credit: https://maps.app.goo.gl/pXup72fs3FubNFyC7 |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's post The landscar for the mine is in the upper-left corner. The diagonal treeline was the Wabash right-of-way. https://maps.app.goo.gl/L1eZAcX2zBL1KFke8 |
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| 1940 Aerial Photo from IHLAP |
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| John Andrew Lang posted GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN ------------------------------------- CARDIFF, ILLINOIS ---------------------- * It was once called "Coloppy's Corners" * It was built in 1899 as a coal mining town * The coal mine, the schoolhouse and the grain elevator were built in the same year. * It was in Livingston County, Illinois * 50 tons of coal were removed from the ground per day which soon reached 100 tons per day * The village was incorporated in 1900 * In 1902, the Schlitz Beer company opened in the village * The population of the town was estimated to be 2,000 to 2,500 people * The mine employed about 500 miners * Over the years, more stores opened businesses in the village, along with a train depot. * The railroad tracks had a spur rail that led to the mining shaft. * In April of 1903, a gas explosion occurred in the mine, killing three people. * During the cleanup, another explosion rocked the mine on the same day, five of six men were killed * A third explosion occurred the following day, killing one more person * Two more explosions followed over the next few days, no one was hurt or killed during those explosions * The final count from the disaster was nine dead and thirteen injured. * With the mine being a total loss, the miners dug a new shaft * The new shaft opened in March of 1903 * In 1910, the Wabash Railroad Company decided not to buy any more coal from the village * The mine closed for good in 1912 * By 1920, the population was reduced to 152 * The 1927 telephone book listed only two businesses and only three people with telephones * In 1983, the mine shaft was filled in and covered up * By 2016, the village had been demolished and the farmland has been restored. * Today, there is a memorial in the area to pay respect to those who lost their lives in the mining disaster John Andrew Lang shared |
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| 1948/65 Dwight Quad @ 62,500 |
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| 1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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