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  2. Des Moines Western Railway Freight House - Wikipedia

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    July 10, 2008. The Des Moines Western Railway Freight House, also known as the Des Moines, Iowa Falls & Northern Railroad Freight House, is a historic building located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Built between 1902 and 1903 by local contractor William H. Brererton, this two-story brick building features a low-pitched, side gable roof.

  3. Mills Tower Historic District - Wikipedia

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    September 6, 1990. The Mills Tower Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Iowa Falls, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1] At the time of its nomination the district consisted of six resources, including two contributing buildings, and four non ...

  4. List of Iowa railroads - Wikipedia

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    Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad: Iowa City and Western Railway: RI: 1878 1902 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway: Iowa Eastern Railroad: MILW: 1872 1880 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway: Iowa Falls and Sioux City Railroad: IC: 1867 1888 Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad: Iowa and Great Northern Railway: GN: 1905 1910 ...

  5. Illinois Central Passenger Depot-Storm Lake - Wikipedia

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    September 6, 1990. Illinois Central Passenger Depot-Storm Lake, also known as the Storm Lake Depot, was an historic building located in Storm Lake, Iowa, United States. The Iowa Falls & Sioux City Railroad, an Illinois Central Railroad (IC) subsidiary, built the first tracks through town in 1870. They also built a two-story frame combination ...

  6. Iowa Falls, Iowa - Wikipedia

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    Main Street, Iowa Falls, Iowa, 1915. Iowa Falls is a city in Hardin County, Iowa, United States. Iowa Falls is the home of Ellsworth Community College. It is also a regional transportation center, located along U.S. Routes 20 and 65 and the Canadian National and Union Pacific Railroads. The population was 5,106 at the time of the 2020 census. [2]

  7. Illinois Central Combination Depot-Ackley - Wikipedia

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    90001303 [1] Added to NRHP. September 6, 1990. Illinois Central Combination Depot-Ackley is a historic building located in Ackley, Iowa, United States. The Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad, an affiliate of the Illinois Central Railroad (IC), laid the first rail track to Iowa Falls in 1865. Two years later the Iowa Falls & Sioux City Railroad ...

  8. First transcontinental railroad - Wikipedia

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    America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the " Pacific Railroad " and later as the " Overland Route ") was a 1,911-mile (3,075 km) continuous railroad line built between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa, with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San ...

  9. Remsen, Iowa - Wikipedia

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    Remsen was platted by the Iowa Falls and Sioux City Railroad Town Land and Lot Company on August 28, 1876, and was incorporated in the spring of 1889. The population in 1885 was given at 650, of whom 400 were American born. Remsen was settled mostly by German and Luxembourg immigrants.