To put to rest the issue of the depot at Stennett, I have found in my research library, two items, both attached. One was the ICC field note for Stennett with a sketch of the depot. The second was a map of Stennett, dated 1894. These have been shared with Rupert.
Doug Harding
www.iowacentralrr.org
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Red Oak to- Griswold Branch
Rupert I have most of Brown’s books, including the Iowa CB&Q Depots and Towers. I can scan and send the pages of the Red-Oak to Griswold branch. But don’t expect much. Brown printed them himself, using a photo copier. Photo quality is sometimes very poor.
Doug Harding
www.iowacentralrr.org
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Walter
Thanks for this. I found the photos at the University of Iowa http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/railroadiana/id/2056/rec/1 and http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/railroadiana/id/335/rec/2 but they are too small for publishing, and I can’t find a way of downloading larger versions.
The agent at Stennett from its opening in 1883 until 1910 was Wayne Stennett, a local farmer after whom the settlement was named. I haven’t found any photos of the depot.
Perhaps, if someone has the Robert C Browns book CB&Q Depots and Towers, they could assist me off line.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
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Sent: Wednesday, 4 December 2019 3:07 a.m.
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Red Oak to- Griswold Branch
Rupert,
There is a picture of the Elliott depot on page 161 of Robert C Browns book CB&Q Depots and Towers. There are also pictures of the Elliott and Griswold depots
om the John P Vander Maas digital library at the University of Iowa. Bob's book shows foe Stennett the following "Timetables dated before and after the turn of the century do no
list A&O position here. A search our our book listing records of Creston Division telegraphers between 1900 and 1910 do not list an operator working here. Local historians have claimed
there was a depot here until the late teens. Based on records I have, it is my belief that there was probably only a small frame shelter shed here."
