Ninety Six, SC: Office?/Southern Depot

(Satellite)

Street View, Dec 2018

Gary Miller posted
The Southern Railroad depot in Ninety-Six, SC, was constructed in 1915 and it is an example of a small-town combo, passenger and freight depot, from the early 20th century. Growth in Ninety Six during the early 20th century required the construction of a new depot and the prior depot was demolished so that this one could be built. The depot is located at: 99 Main St W, Ninety Six, SC 29666

Steve Sidwell, Jul 2024

The town built a new building for their Visitor Center that echos the architecture of the depot.

Street View, Jul 2025

1949/49 Ninety-Six Quad @ 24,000

The town has two main streets. We can see from the above topo map that the soutnern Main Street was built on the right-of-way of the former-Southern Railroad.

Satellite

On the track side there not only is a bay window for the agent's desk, it has a fancy dormer roof overe the bay window.

Street View, Sep 2009

Lowell, MA: Boston & Lowell Depot and Trolley, Quilt & Mill Museums

Boston & Lowell: (Satellite)

North Wall of Station: (Satellite)

National Streetcar Museum: (Satellite)

Boston & Main j#410 Switcher Locomotive: (Satellite)

New England Quilt Museum: (Satellite)

Boott Cotton Mills Museum: (Satellite)

Tsongas Industrial History Center: (Satellite)

Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology (LoCSST): (Satellite, I think this has the Suffolk Mill Turbine Exhibit.)

National Historical Park Visitor Center: (Satellite)

Lowell was "the cradle of the industrial revolution in America."

Jamie Patrick Lewis posted

Rob Brackett commented on Jamie's post

The switcher on the left was the Boston & Maine #410. And it is setting on one of the tracks that used to serve the station.

Street View, Nov 2020

Brian LaPlant posted two photos with the comment:

This is the first picture I've ever seen of the original Boston & Lowell passenger station that stood on the corner of Merrimack St and Dutton Street.  The scene looks very different today.

I pulled the picture from this group

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=27774663185452833&set=g.112210553739 [This is Jamie's post above.]

Joe Orfant: There are numerous (better) images of this depot which is the second, not the first on this site. [He was asked to share, but he didn't.]

Brian LaPlant: This must be the first station that was located on Middlesex St.

https://www.worthpoint.com/.../real-photo-boston-lowell...

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James V. Roy commented on Brian's post
a sketch form after the 1904 fire

Brian LaPlant commented on his post
I never realized that this is the north wall to the old station, it's the lone survivor, assuming it was restored by the National Park Service.

Geoffrey Feldman: Brian LaPlant My understanding is that It's not the original wall. It was built to depict the wall, on the original site.

James V. Roy commented on Brian's post
As mentioned previously this was not the B&L's first station in town. The first built around 1835 was further south, on Lowell St.

This map is normally quite accurate, but it doesn't go back far enough in history to catch the Boston & Lowell.

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So I got a topo map to see the B&L spur that went up to the depot.

1893/1925 Lowell Quad @ 62,500

The spur that came north to the depot also served a lot of industry in the hydropower area. Some of that industrial spur is still left. I presume it is used by the National Park Services trolley service.

1950/58 Lowell Quad @ 24,000

One of the trolley ride stops is the Suffolk Mill Turbine Exhibit. If I ever travel to the Northeast, this town would be the reason why.

Photo from NPS

Beaver Falls, PA: PL&E Depot

(Satellite)

Beaver County,Penna Historic Exploration posted seven photos with the comment:

The Brighton Depot & The PRR Depot

P&LE RR Line 

Built 1905

P&LE Brighton Depot Moved 300 yards in 1925

Lower Beaver Falls, Penna

Status: Torn Down 1970s

Source: Photos & Postcards

Skia Dopitys: Is the bridge crossing the PLE the current Ft. Wayne Line? As a non-native, I'm having a hard time picturing where this was. The vicinity of the current bridge between BF and NB?

Beaver County,Penna Historic Exploration: Skia Dopitys yes!

Skia Dopitys: Beaver County,Penna Historic Exploration Wow...I can't imagine that

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Dennis DeBruler commented on Skia's second comment
I spent hours studying the location of this depot. A problem is that Pennsy's replacement bridge used a different route through town. Pennsy used to do street running on 5th Ave. in New Brighton. Now the route through town runs along the river. Another problem is that the road bridge at the end of Bridge Street that we see in the first image is gone. This 1901 Beaver Quadrangle @ 62,500 topological map shows the two bridges that we see in the images. The houses that are in the background of the first image still exist along Bridge Street: https://maps.app.goo.gl/1oN26ZgvmrQLWyax8. I think the depot was here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/1oN26ZgvmrQLWyax8.

This is the first link in the comment by Dennis above.

Street View, Jul 2024

I used this 50/50 image between the 1901 topo map and a 1953 map to help determine the location of the old railroad bridge.

50/50 mix of 1901 and 1953

Unfortunately, I used an aerial photo to confirm the location. It was unfortunate because it appears the P&LE depot got moved a couple blocks north and that confused me. It was probably moved when Pennsy built its new route through the area. The discrepancy between the topo map and the aerial photo is why I checked out the houses along Bridge Street to verify that the depot had been between the two former bridges.

Jun 18, 1952 @ 23,600; AR1UG0000020101

Pennsy hugs the east side of the river while PL&E hugs the west side. And at Beaver Falls, Pennsy also jumps over the Beaver River, climbs out of the valley and heads West.

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Fulton C: Cuba, IL: East Cuba Coal Mine

(Satellite)

Roger Kujawa posted
East Cuba Coal Mine Illinois IL Reprint Postcard. Probably TP&W but could have been the Burlington.
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Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
It was index 249, so the tipple was along the TP&W.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
The mine operated between 1901 and 1909, so it was gone by the time these topo maps were drawn. I include them because it looks like CB&Q and TP&W had an interchange yard in Cuba.
1925 Havana and 1912 Canton Quads @ 62,500

Shirland, IL: Lost/Milwaukee Depot

(Satellite, trees have taken over.)

Andy Zukowski posted

Milwaukee Road Depot in Shirland, Illinois. 1968

Passenger operations on this section ended in 1965, and the line was officially abandoned around 1980.

Alex Nagel: I love that B&O box car on the house track getting unloaded. God I miss stuff like that when railroads actually served small customers.

Larry Candilas: MP 78.5 MLW Road - Racine & Southwestern

Robert Chitwood commented on Andy's post
Confirmed spot, see the next screenshot for that building with the angle part on top...

Robert Chitwood commented on his comment

1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Iron Mountain, MI: Cornish Pump for Chapin Mine (Largest Steam Engine in North America)/

(Satellite)

Chapin Mine was an iron ore mine.

Photo, May 2019

 

MenomineeMuseum
"The Cornish Pumping Engine is the largest standing steam-driven pumping engine ever built in the United States and one of the largest pumping engines in the world…"

15:03 video @ 2:38
North America's Largest Ever Steam Engine - The War on Mine Flooding

The facility also houses a WWII glider museum.

MenomineeMuseum
"During World War II, the Ford Motor Company's plant in Kingsford built more Model CG-4A gliders for the United States Army than any other company…"

Mobile, AL: USS Drum Submarine and USS Alabama Battleship

Drum: (Satellite)

Alabama: (Satellite)

Alabama on the left and Drum on the right with the Aircraft Pavilion in the middle.

Street View, Apr 2019

It is hard to see in the above view, but they have aircraft parked in front of the submarine.

Street View, Apr 2014

Maritime History Archives posted

The WWII Submarine That Now Rests on Dry Land in Alabama

In the past, this submarine stalked enemy ships far beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. However, now the scene is very different. USS Drum (SS-228), one of the United States submarines that served during World War II, now stands silently on concrete supports in Mobile, Alabama. The ship that was once part of the American Navy's combat strength has left the sea and become a silent witness to the history of warfare.

After completing 13 war patrols in the Pacific, the USS Drum recorded an extraordinary achievement by earning 12 Battle Stars. This Gato-class submarine is also credited with sinking 15 enemy ships during the war. When World War II ended, its combat duty gradually came to an end. However, unlike many other warships that were eventually scrapped or turned into scrap metal, the USS Drum had the opportunity to remain as part of American history.

On May 18, 1969, the USS Drum arrived in Mobile, Alabama, to become part of the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park. The ship was then opened to the public on July 4, 1969, as a floating museum. For many years, visitors could see the submarine up close while it was still in the water. However, after suffering damage from a storm in 2001, a major decision was made to move it to land in order to protect and preserve its condition.

The relocation marks a new chapter in the journey of the USS Drum. Now, visitors can see the exterior of the submarine that is usually hidden beneath the water's surface, including part of its hull and propeller. Although it no longer sails or carries out military missions, the USS Drum still holds the stories of the sailors who once risked their lives within it. From hunting enemy ships in the Pacific Ocean to becoming a historic monument in Alabama, this submarine proves that a war machine can also have a second life as a reminder of history for future generations.

Bill Moak: The best boat Museum I've visited. Extremely well preserved.

Adriano Robazza, Jun 2022

The museum's website has virtual tours of the battleship and submarine.

Kansas City, MO: Kansas City Terminal Union Depot Tower

(Satellite)

That is the 12th Street Trafficway Viaduct in the background.

Street View, Dec 2023

Keiv Spare posted
Old Union Depot Interlocking in Kansas City, Missouri

Dennis DeBruler: What are the street names for a nearby intersection or a pin drop?

Keiv Spare: 11th & Santa Fe

Dennis DeBruler: Keiv Spare Thanks, https://maps.app.goo.gl/ThscUULF9TU7HTP18. I was looking around Union Station. No wonder I couldn't find it.

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Steele, ND: Wood Grain Elevators

(Satellite, only the western one is still standing)

Street View, Sep 2021

The elevator has grown over the decades. The bigger bins indicate that it also markets grain.

Street View, Sep 2021

Satellite

 

Fred Fund posted
Steele, N.D. elevators 1980

This view confirmed that the extant elevator is the far one in Fred's photo. The railroad was the Northern Pacific.

Street View, Sep 2011
[When I wrote these notes, I forgot to save the street view link. When I went back to Google Maps later to get a link, I could not find this view. None of the views, going all the way back to 2007, had the siding. Nor the signals and the tree on the right.]

And BNSF still owns this route.

Map via BNSF