Clinton, IN: 1904 C&EI Museum/Depot and 1914 Freight House

Depot: (Satellite)

Freight: (Satellite)

Just a couple of blocks east of the freight house, the railroad crosses the Wabash River.

The depot was built in 1904 and is currently owned and operated by Little Italy Festival Town (LIFT). [IndState] This depot replaced a wooden depot built around 1870 by the Terre Haute and Evansville Railroad Co. "Local trains ran daily to mining locations just outside the city." Passenger service ended in the late 1960s, and the depot was renovated in the 1990s. The freight house was built in 1914 and restored in 2013. [csxthsociety-pdf]

Street View of Track Side of Depot

Street View

 

Mark Hinsdale posted
Clinton IN (Chicago & Eastern Illinois)

 

I.e. Xam posted, cropped
Clinton IN - C&EI 

Ronald Botes posted
C&EI Depot Clinton Indiana.
Jim Kelling shared
Clinton Indiana (Chicago & Eastern Illinois)

 

Comments on Ronald's post

Ted Dorsey posted ten photos with the comment: "The Chicago & Eastern Illinois railway station in Clinton Indiana (on the Chicago-Evansville mainline) last saw passenger service in 1968.  But the good folks in Clinton had the wisdom to preserve the depot, even convert it to a mining and railroad museum.  The line is still a very active CSX artery, with service from Chicago through Woodland Junction, Danville, and on to Terre Haute.  But alas, no passenger service.   7-22-22"

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1 of 3 interior photos of the coal mining part of the museum, csxthsociety

The only street view driver visit to Clinton caught the 2013 renovation in progress. This view shows how extensive the renovation was. It looks like CSX is also going to renovate some track somewhere.

Street View, Jul 2013

I.E. Xam, Apr 2015

The 2010 photo vs. the 2013 photo shows that there was a reason they completely replaced the roof.

Global Earth, Aug 2010

GloBal Earth, Sep 2013

Monon, IN: Depot, Display Cabooses and The Whistle Stop & Monon Connection Museum

Depot: (Satellite)

Downtown Monon Caboose: (Satellite)

Wabash Caboose at The Whistle Stop: (Satellite, using street view, I also found two Monon cabooses parked here.)

Monon Connection Museum: (Satellite)

Street View, Oct 2023

Bobby Becker posted three photos with the comment:

Another view of the beautiful Wabash Caboose on display in Monon, Indiana along with Monon equipment. The Monon Railroad, formally the Chicago Indianapolis & Louisville, crossed the Wabash mainline in nearby Delphi, Indiana. That is now Norfolk Southern's line across Indiana and Illinois to St. Louis. 

Only short sections of the Monon remain.

There is a restaurant here containing more rail related items and lots of local history. The food isn't bad, either!

Dennis DeBruler shared

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Dennis DeBruler commented on Dennis' share
Mark Niceley: I understand the one at the Monon, IN, crossing is actually an EJ&E Caboose, disguised as a Monon one. But it's the thought that counts!!

Actually, Bobby's photos were taken north of Monon, IN, at "The Whistle Stop / Monon Connection Museum."

Joseph Tuch Santucci posted two photos with the comment: "On display at the Whistle Stop restaurant and museum in Monon, IN."

Troy Kleman: Been inside of that caboose. Very nicely restored caboose!

Dennis DeBruler shared

Greg Kent: All railfans should visit this place. There are numerous RR signals that actually work but you must ask the owner to turn them on. Plus there is a RR themed restaurant with good food.

Tony Fleetwood: You can go inside too! https://youtu.be/GaVb-eBvhX8?si=bkxT5p_mGiRD_8y3

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The Whistle Stop has a lot more than cabooses on display.

Street View, Oct 2023

It appears that none of the street view drivers got off the main drag (US-421) in this town. This is the best view I could get of the depot. I think CSX still uses it.

Street View

Even though this building is rather new looking, I think it was the depot because:

• It parallels the mainline between Chicago and Indianapolis.
• It is next to the original north/south route.
• It is consistent with a 1957 aerial photo.
• It has a bay window with a dormer.

I'm surprised that this topo map did not mark the depot in the correct location.

1962 Monon Quad @ 24,000

Evidently, The Whistle Stop has a museum as well as a restaurant.

Explore Indiana posted
In Indiana, 6,500 artifacts means you’re constantly saying “wait, there’s more?”
https://myfamilytravels.com/this-indiana-train-museum.../...

Huntington, WV: 1922 Special Metals/International Nickel Co. (INCO)

(Satellite)

theclio
View of the plant upon its completion in 1922
"A leader in the research and development of nickel alloys, Huntington’s Special Metals facility, commonly referred to as simply the 'nickel plant,' has engineered and processed nickel products since it first opened in 1922. The plant began as a facility of the International Nickel Company (INCO), which dominated the American nickel market for much of the early twentieth century. The $3.5 million, 130-acre facility was to be a fully integrated nickel processing mill, with melting, refinery, rolling capabilities, along with laboratories for research and development."
This plant also did work with nuclear material for the war effort.
[This web page has several photos and a history of nickel as well as of INCO.]

Requested attribution: Wheeler, Jackie and Emma Satterfield. "Special Metals Corporation (INCO, Huntington Alloys International, Nickel Plant)." Clio: Your Guide to History. September 7, 2020. Accessed July 25, 2022. https://www.theclio.com/entry/13756

theclio
Aerial view of the nickel plant during the 1937 flood.
[I remember that the Ohio River flooded a lot of Illinois in 1937. I did not realize that so much of the river flooded. Note that this location on the Guyandot River is away from the bank of the Ohio River.

Aaron Frasher posted
INCO, Nickel Plant, Special Metals. Huntington,WV

0:36 video @ 0:18
[Getting a test sample out of the furnace.]

Goleta, CA: Museum/Southern Pacific Depot

Original: (Satellite, the station was east of Depot Road)

Current: (Satellite, 662 photos!)

N M, Feb 2018

3 of 6 photos posted by Marty Bernard with the comment: "Goleta, CA depot, circa 1990, Karl Miller photo."

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John Perkowski: This has also become a museum. It was one of the last near perfectly intact Common Standard stations.
[I'm surprised that a Common Standard design was two stories. I presume the agent's family lived in the upper story.]

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Dennis DeBruler shared

Glee Willis commented on the third photo
It is now a museum. It was moved on Nov. 18–19, 1981 to nearby Lake Los Carneros County Park. I can look for the closeup of them, but here is a photo of my three older sisters @ the Goleta Depot in July of 1961 waiting to flag down the Coast Mail with one of my clean diapers to take them to Santa Barbara. The full story is included in Gary B. Coombs' book, "Goleta Depot: The History of a Rural Railroad Station"

Dennis DeBruler commented on his share
 https://www.google.com/.../data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4...

1950 Goleta Quad @ 24,000

Gary, IN: Buffington Harbor

Casino: (Satellite)

Cement: (Satellite)

The Indiana lake shore has some interesting combinations of casinos and industry. I already knew about Ameristar Casino, which is close to a steel plant. The Majestic Star Casino facility is near a cement plant.

Google Maps doesn't have any labels for this facility. A little Googling indicates it was shut down in July 2019 "due to its continually declining occupancy and the need for immediate, large-scale renovations to bring it up to Spectacle's standards."

Street View

The harbor still has its gambling boats.

3D Satellite

Christine Douglas posted three photos with the comment: "I had a great morning today, beautiful sunny day with a trip to Buffington Harbor on Lake Michigan to catch GLF's Great Republic unloading stone. Not an easy harbor to catch any boat activity but we were successful. Many thanks to [Lou Gerard]) for his suggestions & road directions! I think it is time to consider a drone! Lol."

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Carmeuse has five kilns so that stone is used to make cement.

Satellite

2 of 12 photos posted by Ken Morrison with the comment: "*Sigh* Been about a month since anything pursuable came to Chicago... But today, the drought ended!"

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Great Republic, at Buffington Harbor, IN

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Great Republic, side view