Centralia, IL: Lost/MoPac Freight House and Former Hollywood Candy Co.

Freight House: (Satellite, according to the topo and aerial, MoPac came up here and terminated at a building just north of 3rd Street.)

Former Candy Factory: (Satellite, Hollywood Candy had a long and narrow building along the CB&Q tracks.)

Charles Geletzke Jr. posted
Missouri-Illinois Freight House in Centralia, Illinois on March 18, 1973. (C. H. Geletzke, Jr. photo)
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Comments on Charles' post

When I think of Centralia, I think of the IC. But I see CB&Q and Southern went through the town, and MoPac terminated here.

1969/71 Centralia West Quad @ 24,000

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Note the brick building in the ad below. We can see that building on the above aerial.

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It looks like the candy factory location has been rebuilt to make cakes (Duncan Hines).

Street View, Nov 2022

Lost Illinois Manufacturing posted five images with the comment: "Does anyone know if the PayDay candy factory in Centralia, Illinois closed?"

Phil McCall: Yep, Michael Moore asked the boss if he would be moving the workers to Mexico also. The problem is technology making the jobs go away, right?

Lost Illinois Manufacturing: No, they moved production to Robinson, Illinois and a non-union factory.

Roberta Mckiski: I worked in wholesale candy in the 60's. Hollywood bars were a huge seller in the summer as they were not coated with chocolate. A lot of the pools and machine vendors bought them, and many stores froze the Milk Shake bars.

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