Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Avoca, IA: Lost/Rock Island Depot and Recently Lost Grain Elevator

Depot: (Satellite, northwest quadrant of Walnut Street and the tracks based on the topo map below. But I don't see Walnut Street in John's image.)
Elevator: (Satellite, we can still see the foundations.)

John Sims posted
Avoca, Iowa - ca 1910s

This map shows the house track behind the depot, but not the small railyard.
1963/64 Avoca Quad @ 24,000

Note only is the railroad and depot gone, but so is the grain elevator. The circular foundations would have been for grain bins.
Satellite

The elevator was still standing in 2014.
Street View, May 2014

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