Thursday, June 26, 2025

Sturgis, SD: 1903 Dilapidated/C&NW Depot and Wood Grain Elevator

Depot: (Satellite)
Elevator: (Satellite)

Street View, Sep 2021

Jim Arvites posted
View of the old Chicago & North Western Railway passenger depot at Sturgis, South Dakota in 2006. The station, built in 1903, is still standing today.
(Ron Reining Photo)

Is this a feed mill?
Street View, Sep 2021

I imagined that these trees north of the mainline are on a ramp that took an industrial spur down to grade level and ran behind the elevator and other industries along Main Street.
Satellite

But I changed by mind about the ramp when I saw this view. The ground under the trees appears to be level rather than on an incline from the mainline down to grade level. I wonder how the elevator used to get rail service.
Street View, Sep 2021



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