Waterloo, IL: 1873+1911 Retail/GM&O/M&O Depot

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Street View, Jul 2013

Dennis Patton posted two photos with the comment: "This is one of the first depots built by the Cairo and St. Louis Railroad. It was erected in 1873 in Waterloo, Illinois. A new brick depot was built right across the tracks in 1911 by the Mobile and Ohio, who had a lease to purchase on the tracks."

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I.e. Xam commented on Dennis' post
Here is the Mobile and Ohio Depot. I took picture in 2011.

Andrew Waldo posted

Waterloo, Illinois: Passenger & Freight Station, Mobile & Ohio Railroad. The M&O Passenger & Freight Station at Waterloo was estimated as having been built in about 1912. The photograph was taken on 3 June 1916.

Credit: National Archives & Records Administration, ICC Engineering Field Notes, Mobile & Ohio Railroad, Illinois. Digital Image Collection of Andrew Waldo. Fine prints from high resolution copies of the scans are available for purchase in various sizes.

1954/59 Waterloo Quad @ 24,000

The above map explains why this elevator was so far away from the railroad. Specifically, it had its own industrial spur. Is the blue tank on the left used to store fertilizer?

Street View, Sep 2022