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The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map of 1859 (but not modern maps) shows a house named Quintinshill at approximately 55.0133°N 3.0591°W, around one-half mile (800 m) south-south-east of the signal box. The nearest settlement was Gretna , 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the south of the box, on the Scottish side of the Anglo-Scottish border .
There are 99 sites in the National Register of Historic Places listings in North Side Chicago — of more than 350 listings within the City of Chicago, in Cook County, Illinois. The North Side is defined for this article as the area west of Lake Michigan, north of North Avenue (1600 N.), and east of the Chicago River — plus the area north of ...
Historically, this section of Archer was a part of Illinois Route 4, the original 1924 highway connecting St. Louis and Chicago. [4] In 1926, Route 4 was rerouted to the north side of the Des Plaines River on an alignment that subsequently became U.S. Route 66, and its former route on Archer was redesignated as Illinois Route 4A. [5]
From St. Bedes junction, a mineral line descended on a gradient of 1 in 100 to Tyne Dock Bottom. On 17 December 1915, in the early morning in fog, a goods train ran out onto the main line past St Bedes signal box having been banked in the rear up the incline by a six-coupled tank engine.
Archer Avenue runs from south of Chicago's downtown area, through the southwest side of Chicago and beyond into the southwest suburbs, along what was once a Native American trail. [2] The neighborhood is bounded by the Stevenson Expressway to the north, the CTA Orange Line to the south, the Corwith railyard to the east, and the railroad tracks ...
160 North LaSalle Bilandic Building. 1924 / 1992 [9] 20 [9] Yes 134 North LaSalle Eitel Building 1926 [10] 22 [10] Yes 121 North LaSalle City Hall - County Building 1908 / 1911 [11] 11 [12] Yes 120 North LaSalle 120 North LaSalle. 1991 [13] 40 [13] No [13] 100 North LaSalle 100 North LaSalle Street Building 1928 [14] 25 [14] Yes 33 North LaSalle
August 5 – United States – At Tipton Ford, Missouri, on the Kansas City Southern Railway, a train order is issued for a northbound Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad gasoline motor car to stop and wait for a southbound KCS passenger train. The motor car proceeds and collides head-on with the train at a combined speed of 70 mph (110 km/h ...
The K-Town Historic District is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places located in the North Lawndale community area in Chicago, Illinois.A mainly residential area, its borders are West Cullerton Street to the north, South Pulaski Road to the east, West Cermak Road to the south, and South Kostner Avenue to the west.