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William Besalke Retires from the Wabash Locomotive Shops

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Photograph of William Besalke taken on June 14, 1945 when he retired from Wabash locomotive shop after working there for more than 46 years as a blacksmith welder.

Tags: 1945, Besalke Family Collection, blacksmith welder, Decatur Herald and Review, retirement, Wabash, Wabash locomotive shop, William Besalke

An Automobile in Front of a Wabash Train Car

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Photograph of an automobile in front of a Wabash train car.

Tags: automobiles, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Photo File: Automobiles, train car, Wabash

Photographs from the American Hominy Company Fire

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Photographs from the fire at the American Hominy Company formerly the Suffern & Hunt Mill, located at N. Union and the Wabash R.R. The fire started in the third story at 12:45 in the morning on November 27, 1913. Fire Chief Devore ordered out the…

Tags: 1913, American Hominy Co, American Hominy Company, Bell Hardy, Bess, Chief Devore, Decatur IL, Devore, fire, Hardy, mill, N Union, Photo File: Fires, Roscoe Bess, Suffern & Hunt, Suffern-Hunt Mill, Wabash

Photographs of the WCTU Fountain

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Photographs of the WCTU (Women's Christian Temperance Union) Fountain. The fountain was erected in 1905 for the purpose of removing "the temptation of visiting saloons from country boys". It was donated through the WCTU by Thomas Davis, a pioneer of…

Tags: Davis, Decatur IL, Fountain, Hardy, Historic, Illinois Central Railroad, Landmark, Maxwell, Mrs O.C. Maxwell, Photo File: Historic Landmarks, Prohibition, railroad, Thomas Davis, Wabash, WCTU, Women's Christian Temperance Union

Photograph of Illinois Central R. R. Postcards

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Photographs of Illinois Central R. R. postcards located in Decatur IL. Postmarked 1909.

Tags: 1909, Buildings, Decatur IL, Illinois Central, Illinois Central R. R., Railroad Station, Railroads, Stations, Train Station, Trains, Wabash, Wabash R. R.

Photographs of Illinois Central R. R. Station in Decatur IL

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Various photographs of the Illinois Central R. R. Station in Decatur IL taken in 1908, 1929 and 1950.

Tags: 1908, 1929, 1950, Buildings, Depot, Depots, Illinois Central R. R., Illinois Central Station, Photo File: Railroads, Railroads, Station, Stations, Trains, Wabash, Wabash Station

Photographs of the Wabash R.R. Concrete Coaling Tower During and After Construction

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Photographs of the Wabash R.R. concrete coaling tower during and after construction taken in the fall of 1937. This tower is located at Jasper St. in Decatur IL.

Tags: 1937, Buildings, Coal, Coaling Tower, Concrete Coaling Tower, Decatur IL, Herald and Review, Jasper St., Photo File: Railroads, railroad, Railroads, Tower, Wabash, Wabash R.R.

Photographs of the Wabash Railway Freight Station and Water Tanks

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Photographs of the Wabash Railway Freight Station and water tanks near the Illinois Central crossing in Decatur IL, taken in 1936 and then in 1937 after a new additional water tank was constructed.

Tags: 1936, 1937, Buildings, Decatur IL, Freight Station, Illinois Central Crossing, Photo File: Railroads, railroad, Railroads, Railway Freight Station, Station, Towers, Wabash, Wabash R.R., Water Towers