[CBQ] Re: Naperville.

["rgs20460" <amtrak347@aol.com>]

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Bill Hirt <whirt@...> wrote:
>
> Mike,
> ................
>  
> So the orginal town grew up around the river as a power source. As 
> Gerald Edgar noted, one can look at the Sanborn maps and see how the 
> CB&Q had a spur down paralleling Mill Street to the quarries and just 
> southwest of downtown. 
> >
> >...............
> >

Bill -
The spur ran N/S one block west of Mill St., down the middle of Ewing Street. 
Once south of Jefferson Ave., the spur curved east, ending-up in the middle of 
Jackson Ave. then south into lumber yards and quarries. Prior to 1960, when the 
spur was removed, Curran Oil Co. (on the curve between Jefferson & Jackson) 
would receive inbound loaded tank cars.
Bob




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