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

Dublin Core

Title

Subject

Illinois Central Railroad
Wabash Railway
Northern Cross
station map
ICRR freight house
Wabash freight house
Wabash roundhouse
Wabash machine shop
Wabash RR yards
Wabash Railway Passenger Depot
ICRR Passenger Depot
ICRR yards
B& O RR depot
Hammon Bros. Transfer Co.
Decatur Grocer Co.
Decatur Novelty Works
Wide's Oil Co.
Union Iron Works
Decatur Coffin Co.
Leisey Brewery
Gronne Construction Products Co.
Grigolet Company
Rath Packing Co.
Kraft Hotel
Illinois Candy Co.
Wabash YMCA
Shellabarger Elevator Co.
McClelland Grocery Co.
Swift & Co.
Eldorado Oil Co.
streets
Prairie Ave.
Hilton St.
William St.
Broadway St.
North St.
Morgan St.
Short St.
Eldorado St.
Pearl St.
Cerro Gordo St.
Wabash Ave.
Sangamon St.
Clinton St.
Esplanade St.
Railroad Ave.
Calhoun St.
Marietta St.
Orchard St.
Decatur, IL
Railroad Map Collection
collection
map

Description

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.

Creator

Office of the Assistant Engineer, Illinois Central Railroad

Source

Railroad Map Collection #8.003

Publisher

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL

Date

9/1939

Contributor

none

Rights

Copyright has been assigned to the Decatur Public Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Department of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Decatur Public Library as the owner of the physical items and as the owners of copyright in items created by the donor. Although copyright was transferred by the donor, copyright in some items in the collection may still be held by their respective creator(s). For further information, contact the Department of Archives and Special Collections.

Supported in part by an award from the Illinois State Historical Records Advisory
Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, National Archives and Records Administration.

Relation

none

Format

.jpg

Language

English

Type

map

Identifier

ISHRAB-2017-25-66

Coverage

Railroad Map Collection, Illinois Central Railroad, Northern Cross, Decatur IL

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

map

Physical Dimensions

36.75x20.5"

Files

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

Collection

Railroad Map Collection #8.003

Citation

Office of the Assistant Engineer, Illinois Central Railroad, “Illinois Central Railroad Station Map - Northern Cross (9/1939),” Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection, accessed December 30, 2024, http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/items/show/8081.