Sipe's Corner, IL: Northeast quadrant of IL-64 and IL-251/51 and Tornado Damage

(Satellite)

The Ogle County Historical Society posted 15 photos with the comment: "At the intersection of Highways 51 and 64, the iconic establishment of Sipe's Corner was built at the end of the Prohibition era.  Once Highway 64 was built connecting Chicago and the western side of Illinois, this intersection saw more traffic than any other location in Northern Illinois.  The Sipe family built the first gas station there and eventually expanded to include an entire truck stop / restaurant.  Known for the good food and great service, any famous bands would stop there to eat while them traveled across the county. As the roads around it expanded, the lot it sat on was enlarged to accommodate the bigger semi tractor and trailers traveling through. The original buildings remained until the the 2015 tornado tore them down. Although the ownership of the plot changed once Harold Sipe retired and sold, the location still remains a 'country' eating place now called Grubsteakers."

[There are several comments by people who used to work there.]

4, cropped off 1942 date
[I never heard of "Smith" gasolene.]

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This is the most recent view available before the 2015 F4 tornado. Looking North from IL-64.

Street View, Oct 2009

Street View, Jul 2018

Neillsville, WI: Wood Feed Mill and Abandoned Standard Gas Station

Mill: (Satellite)

Gas: (Satellite)

Street View, Aug 2025

Bill Pullmann posted
A Neillsville favorite, the old Roy Suckow & Son feed mill on Highway 10 just east of town.— in Neillsville, WI.
Mike Steele shared

Dennis DeBruler: I spent quite a bit of time with street view looking for this elevator: https://maps.app.goo.gl/PB5nPphQJDjaBAkx9.

Bill commented on his post
There's also an old Standard station/garage next to it, with a house attached behind it.

It looks like the gas station was (is?) also a Ford dealership.

Street View, Aug 2025

Street View, Aug 2025

Leetonia, OH: Moved/Junction Tower: Erie vs. Pennsy

Original: (Satellite)

Current: (Satellite)

Darren Reynolds posted five images with the comment:

Conrails (Ex-PRR) At the crossing of the Erie Lackawanna 

"Leetonia" tower 

Leetonia,  Ohio 

This tower is still Standing!!

Tim Shanahan shared

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I compared this view with Photo 5 above to confirm that the original location of the tower was in the northwest quadrant of Walnut Street and the tracks.

Street View, Jul 2024

1952/54 Salem Quad @ 24,000

Rollag, MN: Milwaukee Depot, Water Tower & Roundhouse and Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion

Depot: (Satellite)

Water Tower: (Satellite)  

Roundhouse: (Satellite)

james burt, Feb 2022

The water tower is on the left. The lever to turn the turntable is in the foreground.

Heather Lawrence, Sep 2023

The steam locomotive pulls a shuttle train between stations on the east and west sides of the grounds.

Richard Rauch, Sep 2022

They have several buildings with permanent displays.

Note the brand name "Snow" on this steam engine. I recognize those engines as big steam engines.

Michelle Johnson, Sep 2019

This is more of the Snow engine.

Michelle Johnson, Sep 2019

The flywheel is at the other end of this view.

Brad Hamilton, Aug 2024

10 second video of the Snow steam engine

And they have at least one more big gizmo.

Jennifer Krutsch, Sep 2024

They have small steam engines in addition to the big ones.

Jacob Landreville, Sep 2025

I saw photos of several different steam shovels. These two are just a sampling.

Jennifer Krutsch, Sep 2024

I think this is older than the above Marion Model 21.

Terry Robinson, Aug 2024

The sawmill has some line-shaft equipment.

Kayla Lumaye, Sep 2024

Michelle Johnson, Sep 2019

And they have some equipment that is even older than steam powered.

A horse-powered threshing machine.

cannon 0357, Sep 2019

A water-powered mill.

Jennifer Short, Sep 2019

You can see that it is operational because you can see the water.

Digitally Zoomed

And they showcase some equipment that is more modern such as gasolene-powered engines.

I think these are gasolene and/or kerosene hit-miss engines.

Aaron Waite, Sep 2018

And of course, gasolene engines need fuel. I've never heard of these brands before.

bardford fish, Mar 20219

They also have equipment for electric power.

Gary Skarpness, Sep 2023

And they have some miscellaneous equipment.

At least three linotype machines.

Max Luck, Sep 2021

A carousel with possibly hand-carved and hand-painted horses.

TM Dewitz, Feb 2020

A J. I. Case flatcar to deliver their equipment to farm towns.

Jennifer Krutsch, Sep 2024

Ilion, NY: Erie Canal and Remington Guns & Typewriters

(Satellite, today's State Street was the canal route, and the typewriter buildings were north of the canal on today's parking lot. Gun manufacturing was south of the canal, and those buildings are extant.)

A Taste of Upstate New York posted
Remington Arms in Ilion, NY.  Generations of employees worked here.  Did you or someone you know work here?

Street View, Jun 2024

ErieCanal

Cori Willson posted three images with the comment:

The Remington Arms Company in Ilion, a village on the Erie Canal, was founded by Eliphalet Remington, Jr., who became enormously successful after inventing a superior rifle. He purchased the patent for the first typewriter and began manufacturing Remington typewriters in 1873. By 1911, when this image was recorded, the Remington Standard Typewriter plant was huge,

and the employees numbered in the hundreds when they gathered for this picture.

*From the book - Historic Photos of New York State, Captions by Richard O. Reisem

Frank Kucerak: Remington Typewriter was part of the company that was bought by Sperry - Sperry Rand which went elsewhere to make electric typewriters and then computers leaving just the gun manufacturing.

Craig R. Gruver: Frank Kucerak I believe Remington - Rand was also in the city of North Tonawanda on Sweeny St on the Canal. The 167,000 sq.ft. complex at 184 Sweeney Street was built in 1885 and originally contained Power House No. 4 of the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Electric Railway Co. The Herschell-Spillman company, the largest manufacturer of carousels for some time, moved into the building in 1899. In 1951, Remington Rand, an office equipment manufacturer, bought the complex. Remington Rand produced the world’s first mainframe computer for the U.S. Census Bureau there but mostly used the building to manufacture typewriters. It closed in the 1970s." From Remington Lofts site. They cleaned it up and reinvested now it houses apartments Restaurant and other businesses.

Never good to tear down things along the Erie Canal. Dockside Restaurant is across the street in a old storage building left over from the 1940's. There was one on the Tonawanda side but it is gone. I still walk along there. The Tonawandas are doing a great job making the area along its business sections function better and doesn't look unkempt like it did in the 60s-90s.

City of Tonawanda isn't interested in making the tow path look better. They only mow the grass and empty trash cans. There is potential there to clean up the shoreline and make it more attractive.

Jack Hearn: Craig R. Gruver Thanks for the info!

My grandfather was a quality control inspector at Remington Rand in NT after WW2 until 1961. His daughter (my Mom, born in North Tonawanda) worked at RR as an office girl from 1947-50.

RR also manufactured typewriters in Middletown, CT. I lived near that site for several years.

Bruce Bosket: Craig R. Gruver i remember Remington Rand in Groton, ny. It was a big employer at the time but beginning to wind down. That was the early 70's.

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I had a portable typewriter that was made by Remington, but I got rid of it decades ago.

Dave LaBarge commentedon on Cori's post
A Remington typewriter that's in the Herkimer County Historical Society...

A different colorization of Photo 3.

Yvonne Wall posted

Mark Eddy: The typewriter bridge at Catherine St.

1898/98 Utica Quad @ 62,500

The two comments by Elaine Smothers Peters about the Remington Rand plant in Syracuse are here.

Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway and I-75 Wildlife Overpass

(Satellite)

Work on the Cross Florida Barge Canal began in the 1930s as a WPA project, but funds ran out after three years of work. President Johnson authorized new federal funding in 1964. Environmental and anti-pork-barrel voices became loud enough that President Nixon stopped construction in 1971. "At that point, the project was only 28% complete, with $75 million already invested." [FloridaMuseum]

"The project was not officially killed by Congress until 1990. After that, the lands were turned over to the State of Florida for preservation." [FloridaHistoryBlog]

The abandoned corridor became the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway, named after the activist who helped stop the project. 

AmericanCanalSociety via Dennis DeBruler
The locks were 600' x 84', and 3 of the planned 5 locks were completed. 

FloridaMuseum
"The Greenway stretches more than 70,000 acres across 110 miles of central Florida. It contains over 300 miles of trails for hiking, biking, and horseback riding. Beyond recreation, the Greenway is also a crucial wildlife corridor, serving as a refuge for animals such as black bears. 

"A landmark feature of the Greenway is the Cross Florida Greenway Overpass, the state’s first “land bridge.” Located along Interstate 75, the bridge allows both hikers on the Florida Trail and wildlife to cross safely, symbolizing the transformation of a failed industrial project into a celebrated conservation and recreation space."

All Glory to God, Feb 2024

There doesn't seem to be much room for wild animals.

Street View, Feb 2024