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Title: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Depot, Elliott, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest from Main Street at the Elliott Depot in Elliott, Iowa, with several railroad employees standing out front. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (reporting mark CBQ) was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, or as the Q,[1][2] it operated extensive trackage in the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and also in New Mexico and Texas through subsidiaries Colorado and Southern Railway, Fort Worth and Denver Railway, and Burlington-Rock Island Railroad.[citation needed] Its primary connections included Chicago, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, St. Louis, Kansas City, and Denver. Because of this extensive trackage in the midwest and mountain states, the railroad used the advertising slogans "Everywhere West", "Way of the Zephyrs", and "The Way West".
PID: grinnell:16787

Title: Eddyville views, Eddyville, Iowa, Eddyville Toll Bridge, Des Moines River, Walnut Street looking east, Grant Cowley Building, Iowa Central Railroad Bridge, Iowa Central Depot
Description: A multiview of Eddyville: 1. Looking west from Main Street at a lost Howe pony truss bridge over the Des Moines River built in 1853 and replaced in 1885 by Stone, Boomer and Boyington of Davenport, Iowa. 2. Walnut Street looking east including the Grant Cowley building built in 1890 on the left. Grant Cowley (1864-1918) was an early founder and mayor of Eddyville, Iowa. 3. The Iowa Central Railroad Bridge was a lost Howe through truss bridge over the Des Moines River build in 1886 and replaced 1901. 4. Looking southwest at a railroad employee standing in front of the Iowa Central Depot. Eddyville, Iowa was founded by Jabish P. Eddy in 1841 before Iowa became a state. It was a place for trade with the Indians and for pioneers to provision and ford the Des Moines River. Number 61460.
PID: grinnell:15558

Title: Eddyville views, Eddyville, Iowa, Iowa Central Depot, Wagon Bridge, Eddyville Bridge, Des Moines River, Walnut Street looking west, Baptist Church, Faith Community Church
Description: A multiview of Eddyville: 4. Looking southwest at the Iowa Central Depot or Eddyville Depot. 5. Looking northwest at the Eddyville Bridge with a couple men on horseback and others walking across the bridge over the Des Moines River. 6. Looking west on the corner of Walnut Street and South Third Street. 7. Looking southeast from North Third Street at a two-story wooden building. Eddyville, Iowa was founded by Jabish P. Eddy in 1841 before Iowa became a state. It was a place for trade with the Indians and for pioneers to provision and ford the Des Moines River.
PID: grinnell:15557

Title: Junkin and Moreland "Machine Shop", Earlham, Iowa
Description: Looking inside a machine shop with three men. Machines include a lathe, a drill press, and other tools.
PID: grinnell:16813

Title: Multiview of Elberon, Iowa #1, Looking southwest on Main Street, Water tower, Main Street, Wolf Creek, Methodist Episcopal Church, Elberon United Methodist Church
Description: A multiview of Edgewood from left to right, top to bottom. Looking southwest on Main Street at several people standing in front of a store with a ice cream and soda water sign; Edgewood water tower; dirt road; looking northeast on Main Street; train passing under a wooden bridge, bridge over Wolf Creek; looking south on Main Street; looking southeast at the Methodist Episcopal Church built in 1900. Elberon, Iowa was named in honor of the eastern suburb of New Jersey where President James Abram Garfield was assassinated in 1881. The town was incorporated in October 1883.
PID: grinnell:16920

Title: Union Electric Company's Station and loop at Union Park, Dubuque, Iowa
Description: Incorporated on August 13, 1900, to provide electric power to Dubuque, the Union Electric Company was the successor of Hill Street and West Dubuque Steam Railway Company, Dubuque Street Railway Company, Dubuque Light and Traction Company, Star Electric Company, and the Home Electric Company. Union Park, operated by the company, was the only park of its type in the United States maintained exclusively by a street railway company. After Union Electric made many improvements such as new rail cars, a new car barn and power station, and a manufacturing plant, Dubuque Electric Company took over the operation in 1916. No. 165
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:15560