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Postcard

Kenosha Trolley Station

Date: 
Description: View across tracks toward the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Station. Caption reads: "C. & M. Electric Station, Kenosha, Wis."
Property Record

39TH ST @ UP RAILROAD

Community: Kenosha
County: Kenosha
Historic Name: C&NW Railroad Pedestrian Underpass
Reference Number: 142252
Property Record

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD BRIDGE OVER 63RD ST

Community: Kenosha
County: Kenosha
Historic Name: CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILROAD BRIDGE
Reference Number: 145581
Postcard

Chicago and Northwestern Railway Depot

Date: 1905
Description: The Chicago and Northwestern Railway depot. Caption reads: "C. & N. W. Depot, Kenosha, Wis."
Property Record

WASHINGTON RD @ UP RAILROAD

Community: Kenosha
County: Kenosha
Historic Name: C&NW Railroad Overpass
Reference Number: 142253
Property Record

43RD ST @ UP RAILROAD

Community: Kenosha
County: Kenosha
Historic Name: C&NW Railroad Overpass
Reference Number: 142254
Property Record

50TH ST @ UP RAILROAD

Community: Kenosha
County: Kenosha
Historic Name: C&NW Railroad Overpass
Reference Number: 142255
Property Record

52ND ST @ UP RAILROAD

Community: Kenosha
County: Kenosha
Historic Name: C&NW Railroad Overpass
Reference Number: 142256
Photograph

Early Chicago & Northwestern Locomotive

Date: 07 04 1869
Description: The Camilla, a wood-burning locomotive that belonged to the Chicago & Northwestern Railway. The locomotive is decorated for the 4th of July, 1869.
Historical Essay

Railroad Disasters in Wisconsin

Brief history of railroad disasters in Wisconsin.
Property Record

75TH ST RR BRIDGE

Community: Kenosha
County: Kenosha
Historic Name: CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILROAD BRIDGE
Reference Number: 144429
Photograph

Port of Kenosha

Date: 
Description: Aerial photograph of the Port of Kenosha and factories, with snow on the ground. There are four ships along the shoreline, and multiple factories on either...
Photograph

Sheridan Road

Date: 11 17 1937
Description: Looking northeast on Sheridan Road (State Highway 42) at Sheridan Road Grade Crossing.
Property Record

2703 63RD ST

Community: Kenosha
County: Kenosha
Historic Name: CHICAGO, NORTH SHORE AND MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC RAILROAD
Reference Number: 9656
Photograph

Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Gasoline rail car manufactured by the Winther Motor and Truck Company, situated on railroad tracks.
Photograph

Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Front view of gasoline rail car manufactured by the Winther Motor and Truck Company, situated on railroad tracks.
Photograph

Milwaukee Electric Railway Ticket Collector

Date: 1917
Description: A ticket collector for the Milwaukee Electric Railway is sitting at her station.
Historical Essay

The Underground Railroad in Wisconsin

Read about the most famous actions of freedom seekers along Wisconsin's Underground Railroad. Includes links to primary sources.
Photograph

Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Gasoline rail car manufactured by the Winther Motors Inc., factory.
Property Record

6027 7TH AVE

Community: Kenosha
County: Kenosha
Historic Name: Louis Thiers House
Reference Number: 9503

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