Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A 6-car train carrying 300 guests made the inaugural run along first section of the line—running between a station at 39th Street and the Congress Terminal downtown—on May 27, 1892, [8] and the line opened to the public ten days later. [9] Initially the 3.6-mile (5.8 km) journey from 39th street to downtown took 14 minutes and cost 5¢. [3]
[17] The other criticisms made by Preston have been discussed earlier and the opinion of naval historian Stephen McLaughlin is a reasonable assessment of these ships: In the final analysis, the popovkas seem to have been relatively effective coast-defence vessels; certainly their combination of armament and armour could have only been carried ...
Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railroad: CGW 1892 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: Amtrak 1890–1971 Erie Railroad: EL 1890–1960 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway: PCC&St.L Railroad: 1890–1917 Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad: CTT 1890–1897 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway: NYC 1893 ...
Interior of the 1903 Powerhouse showing Unit 18. Fisk Street Station went into service October 2, 1903. It was built by the predecessor to Commonwealth Edison, Chicago Edison Company, whose Chairman was Samuel Insull and Chief Engineer was Frederick Sargent.
Church of the Assumption. The city's main tourist attraction is a large lake which extends to the center of Nowogard. Its surface covers 1.12 square kilometres (12,100,000 sq ft) with a length of 2,680 metres (8,790 ft) and a width of 620 metres (2,030 ft).
There are 76 sites in the National Register of Historic Places listings in West Side, Chicago, out of more than 350 listings in the City of Chicago.The West Side is defined for this article as the area north of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, south of Fullerton Avenue, west of the Chicago River and east of the western city limits.
The Addison Railroad was conveyed to the Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad on January 5, 1892. [3] Construction of the new line began in 1886 and was completed under the unified company in 1888. [1] Trains did not begin using the St. Charles Air Line to reach Great Central Station (and later Central Station) until 1891. [4]
Elgin was opened by the Aurora, Elgin and Chicago Railway (AE&C) on May 23, 1903. [1] The AE&C became bankrupt in 1919, and was split into two divisions – the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad (CA&E) to handle interurban affairs, and the Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Company (AE&FRE) to deal with the Fox River Valley, in 1921.