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Re: Crawford Tower

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Subject: Re: Crawford Tower
From: "Sam Weber <spud_90@h...>" <spud_90@h...>
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 02:55:14 -0000
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--- In BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com, LaVerne Andreessen 
<LWAndreessen@f...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Sam Weber wrote:
> 
> > There's a website with pictures of the Savanna Interlocking plant
> > and tower (circa. 1960) It is www.signalbox.org and it also has 3
> > other locations(Crawford tower, East Cabin(I know it's not Q but 
the
> > Q still went thru East Dubuque), and St. Paul's interlocking
> > facility. When you enter the site, click on overseas, then USA. 
> > Be sure to see Crawford Tower. 
> > 
> > Samuel T. Weber
> > Potosi--MP 200(Station MP 199)4th Sub Chicago Division
> >
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks for this posting. The last time I checked, the Crawford 
> Tower is located on the farm site NE of the diamond. IIRC, it is 
> the "Stucky Farm?" The tower as "Crawford Tower" painted on the 
> side. The farm also has a nice assortment of Case tractors which 
> are used in various farm operations.
> 
> The interlocking can be accessed from the blacktop road which is 
> on the south side of the PDC prison area. There is a gravel road 
> that goes south and takes one down toward the interlocker. The 
> gravel road is located a few blocks east of the Q's mainline. 
> IIRC, the BNSF signal maintainer lives south of the WSOR mainline 
> and has a Q baggage car on his property.
> 
> LWA

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I must have missed that when I was at Crawford 3 weeks ago. I was up 
there to take a picture of the exact site of where the tower once 
stood with the operator (my grandfather, Allan M. Caya) from the 1960 
picture standing on the remains of the foundation. 

Thanks

Samuel T. Weber



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