Towns and Nature

These are notes I am writing to help me learn our industrial history. They are my best understanding, but that does not mean they are a correct understanding.

Thursday, March 24, 2016

El Reno, OK: Rock Island Backshop and Roundhouse

Larry Overby posted I asked if this was Silvis, IL and learned it was El Reno, OK. One comment indicated it was razed last month. So I de...

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Malinta, OH: DT&I Signal Maintainer Shed and Malinta Junction Tower: DT&I vs. NKP

( Satellite ) The shed is a reminder that in addition to depots, freight houses, and junction towers, the railroads used to maintain a lot o...

Cheneyville, IL: Junction Tower: NKP/LE&W vs. Milwaukee, NKP Depot and Old Grain Elevator

Tower: ( Satellite ) Depot: ( Satellite ) Elevator: ( Satellite ) The "spoke" to the west is abandoned, and the other three are no...

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Topeka, KS: Three Cargill Elevators and Some Others

I already had a posting on the largest Cargill elevator. All three elevators are built along the Union Pacific tracks. Cade Smith post...

Great Falls, MT: Grain Processing Plants

Andrew Tuttle posted Looking at a satellite image, it becomes clear that this General Mills elevator that Andrew photographed supports a...

Great Falls, MT: GN Roundhouse, GN & Milwaukee Depots and Grain Elevators

GN Depot: (Satellite) Milw Depot: (Satellite) Satellite Great Northern used to have two branches going to this town. It looks like the ...

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