Re: [CBQ] Rochelle

[roy wojahn <zuch2rew@yahoo.com>]

I seem to remember a greenhouse in Downers Grove (Belmont Road) that received 
coal in hoppers into the late 50's.



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From: "qutlx1@aol.com" <qutlx1@aol.com>
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2011 6:05 AM
Subject: [CBQ] Rochelle


  
Ed you are of course correct about Rochelle Rose. Has it really been 11 
years since we did that tour !
Rochelle Rose continued to receive coal well into the 70s as I spotted a 
car or two there and recall seeing them when passing by on C&I  freights.

The little history piece tied to the coal for Rochelle Rose greenhouses was 
that it was just one of multitudes of like greenhouses around the country 
receiving coal. This is rarely discussed and therefore an almost forgotten 
aspect of past times. There were two large greenhouses on the West Batavia 
Branch,one at Oswego and Montgomery,etc,etc

Leo Phillipp



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