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The Erastus Farnham House (ca. 1849) south of Fremont, Indiana, just a few miles south of the Michigan border, was a final stop on the Underground Railroad in Indiana. Its cupola served as a lookout point and a cistern provided water without having to leave the house.
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.
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 ...
This diagram is current as of October 2024.This is a route-map template for Transportation in Indiana, a United States railway network.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.
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).
As the city's population grew and rail traffic increased, congestion at numerous level crossings became a major concern. Between 1905 and 1920, the city coordinated with the railroads to elevate tracks. [8] Indianapolis Traction Terminal in 1915. On January 1, 1900, the first interurban arrived in Indianapolis from Greenwood, Indiana.
Terre Haute Electric Railway Company c. 1894 Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company map in 1911. On March 1, 1907, financiers Hugh J. McGowan, Randal Morgan and W. Kesley Schoepf formed the THI&E out of four predecessor companies: the Indianapolis and Western Railway, which operated the line from Indianapolis west to Danville; the Indianapolis and Eastern Railway, with lines ...
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,