Charlie and List,
Is there anything that matches the thrill of opening an unseen Sanborn Map
that fills in so much lost information? Thanks for the info on the brick
depot at Riverside. I checked on an old booklet I have titled " Riverside
in 1871 with a description of its Improvements ( Views and Buildings )
Under RAILROAD FACILITIES an estimate from Riverside to Central Depot was
about 40 minutes. The booklet goes on to describe the new CB&Q depot being
constructed in 1871. The dimensions are to be about 40 feet in width by one
hundred feet in length, with a platform 15 feet broad running completely
around the depot, covered by a projecting roof. Judging from the engraving,
the tracks separate the water tank and depot which as I recall, puts the
depot close to where it now sits.
The engraving shows a train stopped at the depot but beyond that, there's no
hint of roundhouse facilities sorry to say. Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Vlk" <charlie@k...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: <sdick@m...>
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 12:48 PM
Subject: RE: [BRHSlist] FW: Riverside, Illinois
> I was straightening out my drawing file drawer cabinet last week and found
> that I have copies of a Sanborn Fire Insurance map that shows the
Riverside
> Commuter Yard, the original station building, and the roundhouse and
> turntable. The map is cut off just before the bridge over the Des
Plaines,
> but the track arrangement is pretty well established by the angle it must
> join the mainline on the west end.
> The only remaining mystery is locating the original "Lyons" station. The
> Riverside Historical Society thinks it was at the location of the current
> station when the line was built during the Civil War; I remember doing
some
> calculations from known milepost locations that haven't changed and
locating
> it WEST of the Des Plaines River at about the current First Avenue
> underpass. The station would have only been in use for about 4 or 5 years
> until Riverside was developed (the society has a plat showing a brick
> station in the middle of the main with one track to the north and two to
the
> south, merging to one to the west to cross the Des Plaines as single track
> dated 1869, if I recall correctly).
> On a related new subject, that would also be the location of R.O.W.
recorded
> in 1902 for the Lyons Belt Railway where a line was (projected by never
> built???) to branch off from the EB (south) main and loop to the west and
> back to the southeast generally on the alignment of 1st Avenue down to the
> quarry just south of Ogden Avenue. The Lyons Belt Rwy. existed with
> connections to both the IHB and ATSF/C&IW; later it served the Reynolds
> Metals complex; today it still serves a chemical facility of some sort on
> the east side of 1st Avenue. Did it ever actually connect with the Q??
All
> trace of any connection would have been wiped out by the construction of
1st
> Avenue and the raising of the Q main to allow the underpass.
> Charlie Vlk
> Arlington Heights
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David E. Lotz [mailto:Dave_Lotz@m...]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 9:09 AM
> > To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> > Cc: 'Stephen Dick'
> > Subject: [BRHSlist] FW: Riverside, Illinois
> >
> >
> > Would someone on the list have the information for Stephen regarding
> > Riverside. If so, please remember to include his email
> > address in your
> > reply.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Dave Lotz
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stephen Dick [mailto:sdick@m...]
> > Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 2:27 PM
> > To: brhs@n...
> > Subject: Riverside, Illinois
> >
> >
> > Dear BRHS,
> >
> > It is my understanding that there used to be a roundhouse at Riverside
> > that has long since been torn down. Is there any information
> > about that
> > roundhouse available? Also, the station complex at Riverside is quite
> > unique with its pedestrian tunnel. Have any plans or
> > anything like that
> > ever been found or information published on it?
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > Stephen M. Dick, PE, SE
> > Baker Engineering, Inc.
> > 801 West Adams Street, Suite 600
> > Chicago, Illinois 60607
> > (312) 707-8770 office
> > (312) 707-8804 fax
> >
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