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90000720 [1] Added to NRHP. May 14, 1990. Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack is a one mile long clay oval motor racetrack on the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, the state capital. It is frequently nicknamed The Springfield Mile. [2] Constructed in the late 19th century and reconstructed in 1927, the track has hosted competitive ...
Illinois Central No. 382, also known as " Ole' 382 " or " The Cannonball ", was a 4-6-0 "Ten Wheeler" bought new from the Rogers Locomotive Works in Paterson, New Jersey for the Illinois Central Railroad. [1] Constructed in 1898, the locomotive was used for fast passenger service between Chicago, Illinois and New Orleans, Louisiana. [1]
R. The Rail Golf Course. The Recreation and Athletic Center (UIS) Robin Roberts Stadium.
Illinois Central 2613; E. EMD FP10; EMD GP8; EMD GP10; EMD TR1; G. EMD GP11 This page was last edited on 4 July 2014, at 12:13 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
SMTD. Shea's Gas Station Museum Center piece The Mahan Filling Station located on Route 66 in Springfield, Illinois was transformed from a working Texaco, and later Marathon, station into a museum by owner Bill Shea and his wife Helen. The museum contained an eclectic mix of vintage gas station memorabilia collected over the last fifty years ...
April 26, 2016. The Central Springfield Historic District is a 12-acre (4.9 ha) historic district in downtown Springfield. The district encompasses Springfield's oldest commercial district and is centered on the Old State Capitol. While the area was platted in 1822, only two buildings in the district predate the 1850s: the Old State Capitol and ...
Lake Springfield is a 3,965-acre (16.05 km 2) [1] reservoir on the southeast edge of the city of Springfield, Illinois. It is 560 ft (170 m) above sea level. It is 560 ft (170 m) above sea level. The lake was formed by building Spaulding Dam across Sugar Creek , a tributary of the Sangamon River .
Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois and the seat of Sangamon County. The city's population was 114,394 at the 2020 census, which makes it the state's seventh-most populous city, [ 10 ] the second-most populous outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the most populous in Central Illinois.