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Milwaukee Road Railroad

Date: 08 1974
Description: View down double set of railroad tracks towards a Milwaukee Road train, with the engineer about to board. Other men are standing in the background.
Photograph

General View

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the railroad yards. There are numerous sheds and buildings, and piles of fuelwood and lumber. Freight cars are lined up on the tracks in f...
Photograph

Car Wrecked by Powder Explosion

Date: 03 09 1911
Description: Man standing in front of a Chicago and Northwestern railroad boxcar sitting on railroad tracks. The sides of the car are splintered, destroyed by an explos...
Postcard

Kenosha Trolley Station

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

F.W. Roberts Feed Warehouse

Date: 
Description: Slightly elevated view of a feed warehouse at the railroad yards. There is a truck scale with the word "Chicago" in front of the warehouse. A freight car i...
Property Record

COUNTY HIGHWAY E SE OF M,STP&P RR, SECTION 9 OR 16

Community: Somers
County: Kenosha
Historic Name: RAILROAD DEPOT (SECOND)
Reference Number: 13093
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

Depot

Date: 
Description: View along tracks towards the depot with a tall train order signal near the doorway. A chalkboard schedule is posted near a window. Luggage and a pile of s...
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
Property Record

12TH PL AT THE RR TRACKS, SECTION 9 OR 16

Community: Somers
County: Kenosha
Historic Name: MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD STATION
Reference Number: 13102
Property Record

2703 63RD ST

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

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