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Decatur Traction and Electric Co. Power House

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Photograph of Decatur traction and electric power plant building with old automobiles. "Decatur Traction and Electric Co. --Power House--Wabash Ave., 405-409, built in 1899 and abandoned as power house five years later. It was used by several…

Tags: 405-409 Wabash, BS2029, BS2029A, building, Business, Decatur IL., Decatur Traction and Electric Co., electricity, Old Automobiles, Power Plant, Warehouse

Wabash Railroad Station Map: Lands, Tracks, & Structures -Wabash RR Yards Between 22nd St. & 33rd St. (4/30/1946)

This map shows the Wabash Railroad's yards between 22nd St. and 33rd St. in 1946.

Tags: #8.003, 13th St., 14th St., 15th St., 1946, 22nd St., 23rd Pl., 23rd St., 24th St., 25th St., 26th St., 27th St., 29th St., 31st St., 32rd St, 33rd St., 4/30/1946, additions, Bourne & Stroh's Addition, caboose supply house, Camp & Emrich's Addition, car repair house, coach painting shop, coal bin, collection, Decatur IL, Decatur Township, Donovan Heights 1st Addition, E. Locust St., E. Marietta St., East Decatur Heights, Grand Ave., ISHRAB, ISHRAB-2017-25-91, locker room, Lumber Shed, machine & blacksmith shop, map, Maps, mill & tin shop, Moser Rd., Office of Chief Engineer, oil house, Orchard St., paint shed, Planing Mill, Raceland Plat "D" in Plat "A", Railroad Map Collection, reclamation plant, service building, signal maintainer's storage & motor car shed, storage house, store house, Streets, transfer table, Wabash, Wabash Place, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, Wabash yards, Warehouse, water coolerm plant storage, Yards

Photos Decatur Warehouse and Moving Co.

Photographs of Employees Working at the Decatur Warehouse and Moving Co.

Tags: 1953, BS1070, BS1071, BS1072, BS1073, BS1074, BS1075, BS1076, BS1077, BS1078, BS1079, BS1080, Business, Decatur IL., Decatur Warehouse & Moving Co., employees, Moving Co., Warehouse

Photos of Employees Working at the Hi-Flyer Kite Co.

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Photographs of Employees at the Hi-Flyer Kite Co.

Tags: 3/24/1938, 3/4/1953, 510 Wabash Ave., BS121, BS122, BS123, BS124, BS125, BS126, BS127, BS700, Business, Decatur IL., employees, Hi-Flyer Kite Co., Kites, Manufacturing, Warehouse

Photographs of the Illinois Traction System Shops Building Exterior

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Photographs of the exterior of the Illinois Traction System shops in Decatur IL taken in 1909 and 1910. The shops were located at 1800 E. Garfield Ave. and were purchased by Parke Properties, Inc. in January of 1956 to be used as a warehouse.

Tags: 1800 E. Garfield Ave., 1909, 1910, building, exterior, Garfield Ave., Herald and Review, Illinois Traction System, Park Properties, Photo File: Railroads, railroad, Railroads, Shops, Warehouse

Photo of Decatur Traction and Electric Co. Power House

Photograph of Decatur Traction and Electric Co. Power House, 405-409 Wabash Avenue. Built in 1899 and abandoned as power house five years later. It was used by several different firms as a warehouse and was torn down in June 1937.

Tags: BS147, Buildings, Business, Decatur IL., Decatur Traction and Electric Co., Herald and Review, Photo File: Business, Power Co., Power House, Wabash Ave., Warehouse

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