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Illinois Central Railroad Station Map - Northern Cross (9/1939)

This map shows the Illinois Central Railroad crossing the Wabash Railroad at the Northern Cross in September 1939. It also shows the Wabash RR yards, businesses, and streets around the Northern Cross.

Tags: #8.003, 1939, 9/1939, B&O RR Depot, Broadway St., businesses, Calhoun St., Cerro Gordo St., Clinton St., collection, Decatur Coffin Co., Decatur Grocer Co., Decatur IL, Decatur Novelty Works, Eldorado Oil Co., Eldorado St., Esplanade St., Front St., Gronne Concrete Products Co., Hammon Bros. Transfer Co., Hilton St., Home Manufacturing Co., ICRR, ICRR freight house, ICRR passenger depot, Illinois Central Railroad, ISHRAB-2017-25-66, Kraft Hotel, Leisey Brewery, map, Maps, Marietta St., Maryland St., Morgan St., North St., Northern Cross, Orchard St., Pearl St., Prairie Ave, Railroad Ave., Railroad Map Collection, Rath Packing Co., Sangamon St., Shellabarger Elevator Co., Short St., Streets, Swift & Co., The Grigolet Company, Track, Tracks, Union Iron Works, Wabash, Wabash Ave., Wabash freight house, Wabash machine shop, Wabash passenger depot, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash Roundhouse, Wabash RR, Wabash yards, Wabash YMCA, Walrus Manufacturing Co., Wide's Oil Co., William St., Yards

Illinois Central Railroad Station Plat Map - Decatur St. to Cerro Gordo St. (9/11/195?, revised 11/30/1955)

This map shows the Illinois Central Railroad tracks from Decatur St. to Cerro Gordo St. The map shows the industries, additions, and streets between Decatur St. and Cerro Gordo St.

Tags: #8.003, 11/30/1955, 195?, 1955, 9/11/195?, additions, Allen McReynolds & Co. Addition, Assessors subdivision of lot 8, B.H. Cassell's Addition, Broadway St., businesses, Cerro Gordo St., collection, Decatur Elevator Co., Decatur Grocer Co., Decatur IL, Decatur St., Deep Rock Oil Corp., E. Main St., E.E. Lily & Son, Eldorado St., Frank Shull, Front St., Gates & Johnson Co., Gault St., Gault's 1st Addition, Gault's 2nd Addition, Hammon Bros. Co., Hilton St., ICRR, ICRR freight house, Illinois Candy Co., Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois Power Co., Indiana Oxygen Co., Industry Court, ISHRAB, ISHRAB-2017-25-33, J.K. Warren's South Addition, J.N. Bill's 2nd Addition, Jackson St., Kraft Hotel, Macon St., map, Maps, Maryland St., Moorehouse and Wells Co., Morgan St., North St., Office of Assistant to Division Engineer, Ornamental Iron Works, Phillips Coal Co., Prairie Ave., Railroad Map Collection, Rath Packing Co., revised, S. Franklin St., Short St., Sinclair Oil and Refining Co., station plat map, Streets, The Grigolet Company, Union Iron Works, US Manufacturing Co., W.L. Oakes Machinery Company, Wabash, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, Washington St., Water St., Wides Oil Co., William St.

Illinois Central Railroad Station Plat Map - Decatur St. to Cerro Gordo St. (9/11/1951)

This is a station plat map for Illinois Central Railroad showing the tracks from Decatur St. to Cerro Gordo St. It also includes the streets and businesses between those two streets, and the Wabash RR tracks.

Tags: #8.003, 1951, 9/11/1951, additions, Assessors sub of lot 8, B.H. Cassell's Addition, Broadway St., businesses, Cerro Gordo St., collection, Decatur Grocer Co., Decatur IL, Decatur Novelty Works, Decatur Soya Products Co., Decatur St., Deep Rock Oil Corp., E.E. Lily & Son, Eldorado St., Frank Shull, Front St., Gates & Johnson Co., Gault St., Gault's 1st Addition, Gault's 2nd Addition, Hamman Brothers Transfer Co., Hilton St., ICRR, ICRR freight house, ICRR yards, Illinois Candy Co., Illinois Central Railroad, Industry Court, ISHRAB-2017-25-60, J.K. Warren's South Addition, J.N. Bills 2nd Addition, Jackson St., Kraft Hotel, Macon St., Main St., map, Maps, Maryland St., Moorehouse and Wells Co., Morgan St., North St., Office of Assistant to the Division Engineer, Ornamental Iron Works, Prairie Ave., Railroad Map Collection, Rath Packing Co., S. Franklin St., Short St., Sinclair Oil and Refining Co., Streets, The Grigolet Company, Tracks, Union Iron Works, US Manufacturing Co., Wabash Railroad, Wabash RR., Washington St., Water St., William St., Wood St., Yards

Illinois Central Railroad Track from Wood St. to Sangamon St. (7/28/1921)

This map shows the ICRR from Wood St. to Sangamon St. crossing the Wabash Railway between the Wabash freight house and the Wabash roundhouse.

Tags: #8.003, 1921, 7/28/1921, Allen McReynolds & Co. Addition, B.H. Cassell's 8th Addition, B.H. Cassell's Addition, Broadway St., Cerro Gordo St., CI&W depot, Cincinnati Indianapolis & Western RR, Clinton St., collection, Decatur Coal Co., Decatur Coffin Co., Decatur Grocer Co., Decatur IL, Decatur Manufacturing Co., Decatur Novelty Works, Decatur Railway and Light Co., Eldorado St., Gattlings Addition, Hammon Bros. Transfer Co., Home Manufacturing Co., ICRR, ICRR passenger depot, ICRR yards, Illinois Candy Co., Illinois Central Railroad, ISHRAB-2017-25-47, Jackson St., Kraft Hotel, Main St., map, Maryland St., McClelland Grocery Co., Morgan St., North St., Northern Cross, Plant & Tuttles Addition, Prairie Ave., Prather Martin & Gattling's Addition, Prathers Addition, Railroad Map Collection, Sangamon St., Shellabarger Elevator Company, Short St., Tracks, Union Iron Works, Wabash Ave., Wabash freight house, Wabash machine shop, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash round house, Wabash RR, Wabash RR passenger depot, Wabash RR YMCA, Wabash yards, Walrus Manufacturing Co., William St., Wood St., Yards

Illinois Central Railroad Track Going North from Wood St to Sangamon St.

This map shows the ICRR from Wood St. to Sangamon St. crossing the Wabash Railway between the Wabash freight house and the Wabash roundhouse.

Illinois Traction Inc. Station Map - Stevens Creek to McClelland Ave. (12/31/1928, last revised 2/29/1936)

This Illinois Traction, Inc. station map shows the ITS tracks from Stevens Creek to McClelland Ave., just north of Fairview Park.

Joseph Mills

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Photograph of Joseph Mills (died July 6, 1913). Veteran Decatur lumberman. He bought land at the corner of N. Main and William Streets in 1853 and started a carpenter shop. He was a contractor and building until 1878. During this time he erected,…

Tags: biography, carpenter, contractor, D. S. Shellabarger House, Decatur IL., Herald and Review, Home Mfg. Co., James Millikin House, Joseph Mills, Lumberman, Lyon Co., Mills Lumber Co., N. Main St., Old First Methodist Church, Stapp's Chapel, Van Deventer Studio, Vandeventer Studio, W. B. Hary, William St.

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