Looking east along the railroad tracks showing the empty depot on the right and the Pierceton Elevator on the left. The rails of the track to the north have been removed, but the railroad ties remain. Slide dated AUG 1986.
Monroe County (Ind.); Clear Creek (Monroe County, Ind. : Township); Smithville (Ind.); Smithville (Ind.) -- Smithville News; Fox Family; Sylvester Family; McMillen's Mill; Deckard Family; Carter, Ralph B., d. 1918
Quarries and quarrying; Limestone mills; Employees; Railroads; Dimension stone; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
As this image demonstrates, the railway track often ran directly into the mill to ensure greater transport efficiency and cost effectiveness. The railways often transported the stone properly cutor in the process of being cutlocated on the left...
Clippings; Kocher, Rudolph A.; Nash, Ruth Cown, 1901-; Hairstyles; Hair--Dyeing and bleaching; Railroads; Hospital trains; France--Description and travel; Hospitals--France--Paris
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
History of Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland counties, Indiana. From their earliest settlement. Containing a history of the counties; their cities, townships, towns, villages, schools, and churches; ... biographies; preliminary chapters on the history...
Vigo County (Ind.)--History; Vigo County (Ind.)--Biography; Vigo County (Ind.)--Genealogy; Terre Haute (Ind.)--History; Terre Haute (Ind.)--Biography; Terre Haute (Ind.)--Genealogy
Greater Terre Haute and Vigo County : closing the first century's history of city and county, showing the growth of their people, industries and wealth.
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Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Museum Introduces New Souvenir Item; Rice Mechanical Moving to Converse; Glass Festival to Usher in Summer
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: What Does the Future Hold for Greentown? Re-zonings Considered; Benefit Breakfast a Success
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Strains of Mozart, Bach, and Sousa Heard at the Fountain; New School Board Member Chosen; Tornado Warning Sirens Prove Effective; School Board Officers Elected; Pump Festival to...
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Hains Garage Dsetroyed By Fire Sat. Morn.; Beavers Break Even In Week-End Games; Union, Jackson, Liberty In Quarentine;
Railroads; Railroad tracks; Public utility companies; Inclined railroads; IKE
In the early 1990s the Indiana-Kentucky Electrical Company (IKE) refurbished the tracks to enable it to haul heavy cargo down the hill to its plant on the Ohio River. This is a picture of a large transformer being taken down the incline. This was...
Work sheds were placed along the tracks to hold equipment and tools. Workers sometimes took shelter in them. Sheds much like these were used to house hand-cars, also.
