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Today, only a few Underground Railroad sites in Indiana are open to the public, including the Catherine and Levi Coffin home (called the "Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad") in Wayne County and Eleutherian College in Jefferson County. Other sites have been identified with state historic markers, an ongoing effort.
There are several townships in Porter County, Indiana.Within each of the townships are several towns or cities or other type of named communities. There are many "lost" towns, a group of places whose names are still commonly used by county residents. Each may have had one time a post office, a store that served a part of the county, a grain elevator used by farmers to ship their crops,
The Gila Bend Steam Locomotive Water Stop was built in 1900 and is located in Gila Bend, Arizona Remnants of Turkish railway station in Nitzana, Israel. Left: Water stop. Right: Wall of the Stationmaster's office. A water stop or water station on a railroad is a place where steam trains stop to replenish water. The stopping of the train itself ...
Northern Indiana Railroad: Western Indiana Railroad: C&EI: 1872 1872 Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad: Western Indiana Railway: EJE: 1897 Chicago Heights and Northern Railway: White River Railway: 1901 White Water Railroad: NYC: 1878 1890 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway: White Water Valley Railroad: NYC: 1865 1878 ...
This was the first train station in Lake County. [5] The Michigan Central Railroad built a park and railroad shops around its two-story depot. [5] A year later, in April 1852, George Earle mapped out and platted a town [5] of about 6,500 acres (26 km 2) on the site, continuing its name of Lake Station.
Whitewater Canal with railroad and train visible near Metamora, Indiana. The Whitewater River formed a natural trade route for Native Americans and for early settlers. In 1836 the new state of Indiana approved funds to build the Whitewater Canal, following the river from Lawrenceburg, Indiana, all the way to Hagerstown, Indiana, 76 miles (122 km).
[7] [8] Based on population, the county is the 8th smallest county of the 92 in Indiana. [4] Although no interstate highways are located in Blackford County, three Indiana state roads cross the county, and an additional state road is located along the county's southeast border. [9] The county has two railroad lines.
The Madison Railroad (reporting mark CMPA), a division of the City of Madison Port Authority, is a 26-mile (42 km) short-line railroad in southeastern Indiana.The Madison Railroad begins along the Ohio River in the western part of the city of Madison and from there runs generally northwest through Jefferson County, then crosses into Jennings County and terminates near its intersection with the ...