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Subject: | [CBQ] Re: [PeoriaRails] Historical Operations Department |
From: | "Russ Strodtz" <normansen@groundcontrol.us> |
Date: | Thu, 14 May 2009 22:17:07 -0500 |
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----- Original Message ----- From: "David Jordan" <david_jordan1974@comcast.net> To: <PeoriaRails@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, 14 May, 2009 22:07 Subject: [PeoriaRails] Historical Operations Department > List, > > This one goes way back to...1885! > > I didn't know about this until tonight when I discovered it while looking > for something else: > > PEORIA DAILY TRANSCRIPT - August 1, 1885, page 6. > > "The work on the new track for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad > east of Oak Hill is being pushed rapidly as possible this hot weather. The > grading is to be finished by the middle of September. This track leaves the > present line at the east end of Oak Hill yard, bearing to the north and > meets the track which still remains in the old gravel pit. By the change > four large bridges are saved, which is a great item in expenses as well as > safety." > > (end of story) > > Looking at aerial photos, N. Thousand Dollar Road to the east and also just > west of the Rt. 8 bridge in Oak Hill look like points where a new alignment > has replaced the original built in 1856-57. I don't know where an old gravel > pit may have been, though I can believe one was once in that area. > > DPJ > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:CBQ-digest@yahoogroups.com mailto:CBQ-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: CBQ-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ |
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