Browse Items (1 total) Tags: blacksmith welder Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Sort by: Title Creator Date Added William Besalke Retires from the Wabash Locomotive Shops 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 Featured Item Central Park - S. Park St. c. 1870 This is a photograph of S. Park St. by Central Park in Decatur, IL c. 1870.