[CBQ] Re: CB & Q Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & Spring Strets, Aurora, Kane County, IL

["bdurham260" <bdurham260@yahoo.com>]

When did the Q stop using the round house turntable?


Brian Durham

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "handstjoe_fan" <sloanfamily123@...> wrote:
>
> Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & Spring 
> Streets, Aurora, Kane County, IL
> 
> Historic American Buildings Survey, Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey
> 
> 
> http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/il0390/
> 
> Notes:
> Significance: The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Roundhouse and Backshop 
> Complex are all that remain of what once was one of the midwest's largest 
> railroad ship facilities. In the era of steam these were the major repair and 
> construction shops for the railroad, employing as many as 2,000 workers in 
> periods of peak operation. During the twentieth century, changes from the 
> construction and repair of steam locomotives to the construction of part for 
> streamlined passenger cars paralleled developments throughout the railroad 
> industry.
> ?     Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3
> ?     Survey number: HAER IL-8
> ?     Building/structure dates: 1954 Initial Construction
> ?     Building/structure dates: 1974
>




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