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In 1837, the Illinois Internal Improvement Act was passed with funding for rail lines - the Illinois Central Railroad's Galena to Cairo line, and crossing it, the Northern Cross connecting Danville, Springfield, and Quincy and the Southern Cross from Mt. Carmel to Alton (in a bid to compete with St. Louis, Missouri).
Northern Cross Railroad: CB&Q: 1849 1857 Quincy and Chicago Railroad: Northern Cross Railroad and Transportation Company: WAB: 1843 1847 Sangamon and Morgan Railroad: Northern Illinois Railroad: MILW: 1859 1866 Western Union Railroad: Northern Illinois Railway: CNW: 1884 1888 Chicago and North Western Railway: Northern Indiana Railroad: NYC ...
In 1851, a proposal came for the Northern Cross Railroad, a railroad that would connect the Illinois and Michigan Canal and the Mississippi River at Quincy, Illinois. At that time, railroads were under construction included the Chicago and Aurora Railroad (originally the Aurora Branch Railroad) and the Central Military Tract Railroad , both of ...
Northern Cross (pilgrimage), an annual pilgrimage in northern England and the England-Scotland border; Northern Cross, the section of the M50 motorway (Ireland), from Junctions 1 to 6, built in the late 1990s; Northern Cross Railroad, first railroad in Illinois; Northern Cross Radio Telescope at the Medicina Radio Observatory
original Northern Cross line, predecessor to Wabash Railroad: Brooklyn District: ... IL to Bloomington, IL (Dean) formally abandoned in 2017, was part of NS Illinois ...
The Northern Illinois Huskies are the athletic teams that ... golf, soccer, tennis, and wrestling) and 10 women's sports (basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics ...
The northern lights are expected to be most visible in Illinois on Thursday, Oct. 10, into Friday, Oct. 11. How to view the northern lights The best time, of course, is after sundown.
He was named the president of the Northern Cross Railroad and facilitated its integration into the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1872, but died only weeks into its first session. He is the namesake of Bushnell, Illinois.