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Re: [BRHSlist] re: Hannibal area pics

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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] re: Hannibal area pics
From: "David Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@m...>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:54:00 -0500
From: Philip Weibler 
To: Gerald Edgar ; Jan Kohl 
Cc: David E. Lotz 
Sent: 4/27/03 10:25:12 PM 
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] re: Hannibal area pics


Hello, Gerald and Jan and BRHS - The "derelict factory" at Louisiana, MO., may 
be the old button factory. Once upon a time Louisiana turned out "MOther of 
Pearl" shirt buttons made from shells dredged out of the river. In MODEL 
RAILROADER mag in the late '50s-early '60s there was an article describing the 
modeling possibilities of this area, and I'm pretty sure this factory was 
featured. Old timers (hello, Gerald) would call the line that crosses the Q 
there the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio. Until the early '50s Hannibal, Mo., had a 
full-fledged steam locomotive backshop that occupied much of the space below 
Lovers Leap. The buildings stood vacant for another decade or so until the RR 
tore absolutely everything down in that area. At Quincy, IL., the BNSF is in 
evidence along the riverfront. The stone shop building from the 1850s is being 
used by a feed company. The stone roundhouse fell victim to a sewer project. 
Facilities at West Quincy, MO., were wiped out in the 1993 flood and never 
replaced. Jan, figure on a good long day at Quincy. Larry can show you around. 
Philip A. Weibler (If any of this is of interest, you might want to post it to 
BRHS. Thanks. Phil)
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