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Hanover Park, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
Authored Entry
) ...far as Galena. In 1872 the Chicago & Pacific Railroad (later the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul) laid...
...as new homes were built in Bartlett's subdivision between the railroad tracks and Ontarioville Road....
...The little railroad stop became a connection to the larger world, with service extending to Omaha,...
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Hillside, IL, Patricia Krone Rose(
Authored Entry
) ...sections, the expressway (and earlier the railroads ) contributed considerably to Hillside's...
...Accessible from a station on the Illinois Central Railroad and from a spur of the Chicago, Aurora &...
...adopting its name from the Illinois Central Railroad stop, which was called Hillside because the...
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Hobart, IN, Elin B. Christianson(
Authored Entry
) ...Old Ridge Road), it was the construction of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad (later...
...the Pennsylvania Railroad) in 1858 that transformed the settlement into a center forshipping...
...were built, enhancing Hobart's position as a railroad hub. Brickmaking was Hobart's most important...
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Palos Park, IL, Betsy Gurlacz(
Authored Entry
) ...to the west of the Palos Park area. The first railroad came through in 1883 along the route of the...
...than all the villagers combined. In 1913 the railroad route was straightened, shifting slightly to...
...the Southwest Highway opened along the old railroad right-of-way and improved access to the area. A...
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Avalon Park, Wallace Best(
Authored Entry
) ...on the southern edge, and the Illinois Central Railroad to the west. A 30-acre park by the same name...
...early attempts at permanent settlement, railroad workers of German and Irish descent began to reside...
...of the community by the late 1880s. In addition to railroad workers, skilled mechanics, many of them...
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Shoreline Erosion, Karen M. Rodriguez(
Authored Entry
) ...To accommodate the Illinois Central Railroad , breakwaters were built and the lake filled in,...
...a center of commerce required port facilities and railroads to be constructed along the lakefront....
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Tunnels, Dennis McClendon(
Authored Entry
) ...downtown streets once carried freight from railroad terminals, packages from department stores ,...
...enough to carry a narrow-gauge (two-foot) electric railroad. Freight service began in 1906, and the...
...largely complete by 1909. Shipments arriving at railroad freight houses were reloaded on the small...
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Belmont Cragin, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
Authored Entry
) ...11 acres, and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad built a station at Leclaire Avenue to...
...schoolhouses, and a Congregational church. Railroads drew more factories and workers to the area,...
...a plant on 17 acres adjacent to the Northwestern railroad line, which further spurred manufacturing...
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Bridges, Dennis McClendon(
Authored Entry
) ...in 1894 for the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad and nearby Van Buren Street crossings. This...
...bridge and the now- inoperable “Eight-Track” railroad bridges near Western Avenue. Newer examples...
...Chicago. Inoperable swing bridges survive on two railroads over the Sanitary and Ship Canal, as does...
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Joliet, IL, Robert E. Sterling(
Authored Entry
) ...Michigan Canal (1848), and the Rock Island Railroad (1852), which ran through the business district....
...Today Joliet is served by several railroads, as well as Interstate Highways 55 and 80, which...
...quarries were shipping over three thousand railroad carloads of stone per month to Chicago and other...
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Carol Stream, IL, Jane S. Teague(
Authored Entry
) ...which are served by the Illinois Central Railroad . Tyndale House Publishing Company moved to Carol...
...Western Railway, and the area around the railroad stop became known as Gretna after 1887. German...
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Commodities Markets, Owen K. Gregory(
Authored Entry
) ...after navigation opened on the Great Lakes or by railroad . Commission merchants received a fee for...
...when it was profitable. The Illinois Constitution of 1870 placed railroads and elevators under...
...the control of a Railroad and Warehouse Commission. The commission had the power to regulate rail...
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Apartments, Carroll William Westfall(
Authored Entry
) ...since 1967 atop the former Illinois Central Railroad railhead east of Michigan Avenue and south of...
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Morton Grove, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
Authored Entry
) ...ilies a decade later. In 1872 the Milwaukee Railroad laid a single-track line, setting up a flag...
...They named their community Morton Grove for railroad financier Levi Parsons Morton, later vice...
...contractor who built greenhouses. In 1892 the railroad completed a second track, a year after the...
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Chicago River as Harbor, Ann Durkin Keating(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...Estate ; Near North Side Illinois Central Railroad Slip, 1895 Creator: Western Insurance Survey...
...Society (ICHi-37408) The connection between railroads and the Chicago harbor was a close one....
...The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, the first into the city, laid tracks to the west bank of the...
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Multicentered Chicago, Henry C. Binford(
Authored Entry
) ...when the national economy was driven by railroads , heavy industry, and European immigration. The...
...Summit . The formation of companies to build railroads expanded this pursuit, attracting attention...
...town, the process of fitting the city around a railroad skeleton began almost immediately and with...
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Ravenswood, Amanda Seligman(
Authored Entry
) ...a deal with the Chicago & North Western Railroad guaranteeing them a certain number of passengers if...
...to a resort. By 1874, the original lone railroad commuter had multiplied to 75. The Ravenswood Land...
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Bloomingdale, IL, Jane S. Teague(
Authored Entry
) ...increased development potential with a railroad connection, two of the area's largest landholders,...
...large tracts of land to the Chicago & Pacific Railroad (Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul) in 1873 in...
...community of Bloomingdale was south of the railroad stop, while a new village named Roselle was...
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Addison, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
Authored Entry
) ...Because the festival attracted so many people, the need for a railroad spur line became evident....
...In 1890 five of Addison's citizens formed the Addison Railroad Company and made an...
...agreement with the Illinois Central Railroad to maintain the line. The train doubled festival...
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Chicago Ridge, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
Authored Entry
) ...the coming of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad in 1882. Later, the Wabash would be crossed...
...and slot machines, located adjacent to the railroad. The Berger Company built housing for its...
...the Berger factory, and in 1902 the Wabash Railroad established a train station. Both Chicago Ridge...
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