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Title: C.M. & St. P. Depot, Center Junction, Iowa, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Depot
Description: Single story wooden depot with sign for Center Jct. A railroad ticket clerk is standing at the corner of the building. Center Junction was once an incorporated city starting in 1871. But, following a special election that served as a referendum on the plan, the city council voted in 2015 to sell of its assets, disband, and turn administration over to the county. When the council took the action, then-Mayor Sandy Ricklefs cited the towns ailing finances as the primary reason for disbanding.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:13884

Title: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Roundhouse, Creston, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at one of the largest roundhouses in the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy system. The Creston railroad yards were built in 1871. The old machine shop building was destroyed by a tornado in 1946, and the remainder of the roundhouse burned down in 1981. Number 3872.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:16222

Title: Depot, Chelsea, Iowa
Description: Locomotive sitting at the Chelsea Depot with passengers milling around. Grain elevator in background. The Northwestern Railroad leased the Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad in 1869. A.A. McChesney was the first station agent when the railroad was built and James Hanify the first section boss.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:14092

Title: Lyons Bridge over the Mississippi River, Clinton, Iowa, Lyons-Fulton Bridge, Lincoln Highway Bridge, North Bridge
Description: Built in 1891 with a wooden deck, the Lyons Bridge spanned the Mississippi from Clinton (then Lyons), Iowa to Fulton, Illinois. It was replaced in 1933 with a metal grate (Lincoln Highway Bridge).
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:13506