Bill
Have you tried the Library of Congress Map Division? Map,
Available Online | Library of Congress (loc.gov) There
is also a collection of railroad maps at
About this Collection | Railroad Maps, 1828-1900 |
Digital Collections | Library of Congress (loc.gov)
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
Bob,
I am looking at the Buda Sanborn maps from April 1928 (the
filename on the ProQuest Digital Sanborn site says is is
updated at a date later than this, but I can find no
annotation that it was). It is a collection of 4 maps.
On the Index page, the following "Specials" are listed:
Andrew's Feed Mill
S.C. Bartlett Grain Elevator
A.G. Fisher General Repairing
Lincoln Oil Refining Co.
F.G. Lindner & Co. Grain Elevator, Lumber and Coal
W.E. Studley Brick Yard
Population is listed as 1,000.
I should also note that ProQuest Digital Sanborn Maps used to
allow you to download maps as Adobe PDFs. Now they only can
be downloaded as a Image file (with no choice of resolution or
file type - they are now just .png files).
Bill Hirt
On 1/26/2021 3:41 PM, Robert Herrick
wrote:
I was leafing through Mike Spoor's vol. 4
and paused on the Buda pages. I've always wondered what the
substantial array of buildings were along the start of the
Elmwood branch. One is a two-story brick structure in the
back and the others appear to be corrugated clad. None of
them appear to be used for what was originally intended, not
unusual since the photos were taken in 1968. I pulled up a
Sanborn map from 1901, the latest I could find, and it
identified the buildings as Buda Handle Factory and Buda
Iron Works (a foundry and machine shop). There is a spur
track running between them, per the Sanborn. Neither is
listed in the 1936 Shippers' Directory. In fact, the only
concerns with a connection to the railroad then were the
local elevator/coal dealer/lumber yard and a garage selling
Chevrolets. Not surprising in a town of 850 souls in the
midst of the Depression.
Does anyone have knowledge of what these buildings were used
for over the years and whether either remained Q customers?
Thanks, as always.
Bob Herrick