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This is a "Route 66" town, but I could not find any historic gas stations.
The depot is on the right, and part of the grain elevator is on the left.
Noah Haggerty
posted three photos with the comment: "The former Chicago & Alton depot in Lexington, IL taken on October 1, 2023. The depot, built in 1888, was one of many depots built with this design such as Summit and Petersburg. It was relocated away from the tracks around the 1980's and now holds a restaurant, the Lexington Social. Here and Farber, MO are the only surviving ones of this kind."
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This map indicates that I should look on the east side of the tracks between Main and Walnut Streets.
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But that building on the east side of the tracks doesn't look big enough. Based on the size of the shadow, my current theory is the building on the west side of the tracks just south of Main Street.
Because of the "high-speed" Amtrak service on this route, the railroad property has to be fenced in the towns. I think the depot would have been in the foreground. I wonder why UP still has a communication tower. The fiber optic cables installed for PTC made them obsolete.
The above view of the grain elevator was of the south side. This view is of the north side.
The grain elevator is big enough that I had a hard time finding street views that did it justice. While looking, I found that it also has a wood elevator.
A closer view of the south side. We see the silos are old fashioned bolted steel construction. The wood elevator is on the left and part of one of the bins is peaking out behind the leftmost silo.
Dennis DeBruler
posted three views with the comment: "While researching the GM&O Depot in Lexington, IL, I discovered an extant wood grain elevator. That elevator also had several big bolted-steel silos. And some old slip-form silos. Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/68YmuKvyhvXV3Lso6."
Connor Bounds: Prairie Central Co-Op. Originally built for Kent grain co. You forgot the two new bins across the tracks. The scale house was also part of a tru value store.
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Dennis DeBruler commented on Connor's comment
I didn't include them because I don't consider galvanized-steel bins to be historic. But they are big. I can't decide if the big silo is slip form or jump form. This is one of those Midwest elevators that has grown enough to be a museum of grain elevator technologies. https://maps.app.goo.gl/xztYtG18bdN5Srru8
Connor Bounds: Dennis DeBruler google maps doesn't show yet, but they actually lost the grain leg on the two new bins last summer during a storm, so there's a completely new setup over there.ac |
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