As Rupert suggests, a study of local newspapers would be your best bet. I've
not done a search on ProQuest Chicago Tribune for "Turner Junction" or "Auroras
Branch",
or "Aurora" prior to 1855, but they should turn up something from the Trib.
(ProQuest has microfilm images of the Chicago Tribune from day 1 to about 1985
that can be
searched very reliably by keyword in the text!!!..... ProQuest is a paid
subscription service which some local libraries have available, some on-line to
local patrons.
Charlie Vlk
----- Original Message -----
From: Philip Weibler
To: CBQlist
Cc: Charlie Vlk ; Rupert Gamlen ; Sally DeFauw
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 9:54 PM
Subject: Aurora Branch Railroad and Turner Junction depot
Hello Rupert, Charlie, and CBQlist -
The West Chicago City Museum - present day caretakers of the Aurora Branch RR
Turner Junction depot - is searching for answers to two relevant questions:
1) Was the Aurora Branch built "from Aurora northerly twelve miles to a
connection with the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad......at Turner
Junction...", or was it built south from Turner Junction? The first locomotive
to operate on the line, the G&CU (C&NW) PIONEER, would have been made available
at the Junction, and one might suppose that construction materials would also
have been delivered there.
Has anyone found any historically valid report on the building of this line?
2) Does anyone have documentation to show when the existing Turner Junction
depot was built? The information may be available on r-o-w maps or on
valuation reports. This depot must be one of the oldest CB&Q depots extant.
The West Chicago City Museum hopes to have the depot open to visitors - at
least on a limited basis - by this coming Spring, in time for the BRHS Spring
Meet on April 18th.
Thanks to Rupert for posting the link to the 1928 Documentary History of the
CB&Q, which gave rise to these questions. However, it will take a while to get
my tongue straightened out after tripping over "Oquawka" several times.
PAW
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