Re: [CBQ] Rochelle-Iron Sponge track ?

["qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

Rich given that info. I'll solve part of the mystery. That little spur was still in place in the 70s. It came off main two just inside the storage track. It held exactly one modern 50' box car which we would spot from time to time. The customer was Rochelle Furniture that received hardwood lumber. The building was of the old red Midwestern brick and large wood pane Windows. When there was a car spotted there was just clearance to make moves on the storage.

The '28 list shows two cars on the spur. A Q box of MDSE. for Aurora and an MP box of wool to be left for loading ? Maybe Caron unloaded here and then the Iron company loads the same car.

Finally I have to wonder if the Iron Sponge name is misleading. Unless there was some kind of business connection to the can plant,Rochelle wasn't known as a metals center.

Leo

On Sep 8, 2016, at 7:36 AM, rgortowski@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Ah, the Iron Sponge mystery continues.  On my Rochelle map, there is a small spur that goes south to Caron Mills (formerly the Vassar Swiss Underwear company.)  This is just west of the Standard Oil bulk tank facility on the east side of town (by what would later become the Swift plant.)  Just to the east of the Caron spur is a small siding that goes to what the map calls the Iron Sponge Company.  It’s not a large facility like Caron – a one building factory – with a dock for receiving coal from the Q.  I’ve been thinking about contacting the Historical Society to see if anyone knows anything about it.

 

Rich G.

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From: rdherrick@gmail.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Sep 8, 2016 6:04 am
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Rochelle-Iron Sponge track ?

 

For Rich Gortowski---how far east of the depot was the spur for the iron sponge works on the 1941 map you have?

Bob Herrick

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