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29-715: (Redirected from Illinois Central Depot ) Illinois Central Railroad Depot , and variations, may refer to: Illinois [ edit ] Amboy Illinois Central Depot , Amboy, Illinois, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Illinois Central Railroad Passenger Depot (Carbondale, Illinois) , listed on the NRHP in Jackson County, Illinois Illinois Central Railroad and Toledo, Peoria, and Western Railroad Freight House , El Paso, Illinois, listed on

58-434: A depot for the citizens of Amboy; the southeastern half of the first floor was designed for such use. The depot section consists of waiting rooms and ticketing counters typical of their era while the headquarters portion of the building is well illuminated through ample fenestration. The rectangular-shaped building measures 32 feet (9.8 m) by 88 feet (27 m) and its exterior architecture demonstrates its importance to

87-495: A mainline from Dunleith (later East Dubuque ) to Cairo and branch lines from Centralia to Chicago. Based upon the length of the divisions, Illinois Central's division headquarters was to be built in Lee County. The railroad purchased land in the present-day city of Amboy and set up division headquarters operations as well as shop and maintenance operations. The city of Amboy was founded around Illinois Central's activity in

116-585: Is a list of properties and historic districts in Kentucky that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places . There are listings in all of Kentucky's 120 counties . The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".            This National Park Service list

145-856: Is a locally significant structure because of its affiliation with the Illinois Central Railroad . Most of the building's architectural elements, interior and exterior, have maintained their integrity and are well preserved. Because of its association with the Illinois Central Railroad as its Northern Division headquarters the Amboy Illinois Central Depot was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on August 18, 1992. National Register of Historic Places listings in Kentucky Download coordinates as: This

174-524: Is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 22, 2024. RS100010771 The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. There are frequent additions to the listings and occasional delistings and

203-625: Is the Amboy Illinois Central Freight House which was relocated to museum property in 2003 to prevent its planned demolition. Amboy Illinois Central Depot has a static steam locomotive display on its property, the locomotive sits on unconnected railroad tracks adjacent the Depot. The locomotive is an 0-8-0 steam engine built in 1929 by Baldwin Locomotive Works as a switcher bearing the number 8376. It

232-569: The steel mill grounds. Thus, 8376 was brought out of storage and recommissioned in 1976 as NS&W #76. When it was christened, NS&W #76 (76) was the last steam locomotive engine to be commissioned for regular freight service in the United States. 76 operated in daily service until the mill owner's death in 1980, it was retired shortly after and obtained by the Amboy Depot Commission. The Amboy Illinois Central Depot

261-573: The Amboy Illinois Central Depot's days as an active rail building. On June 10, 1984, the Illinois Commerce Commission authorized the Illinois Central Railroad to decommission the rail line through Amboy. The railroad announced it intended to demolish the old station. The building, which is owned by a committee from the Village of Amboy, was saved by a citizens group and converted into a museum. The Amboy Illinois Central Depot

290-482: The Amboy headquarters and depot continued in this manner until 1894. That year, Illinois Central completed an assessment of the effects of the completion of a new east-west rail line from Iowa to Chicago. Completion of the east-west line had shifted rail traffic from the north-south route through Amboy. The result was fewer scheduled passenger trains and less cargo rolling through Amboy and the railroad decided to downgrade

319-445: The Illinois Central Railroad. Constructed of red brick with extensive limestone detailing, the depot's size, height, and ornate brick/stone detailing combine to give it an imposing and elegant character. The Amboy Depot Museum has operated on the site since 2003. The museum encompasses much of the former rail yard that Illinois Central maintained at Amboy's Northern Division Headquarters for its Cairo to East Dubuque line. When

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348-547: The NRHP in Hinds County, Mississippi Illinois Central Railroad Depot (Terry, Mississippi) , listed on the NRHP in Hinds County, Mississippi South Dakota [ edit ] Illinois Central Passenger Depot (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) , listed on the NRHP in Minnehaha County, South Dakota Tennessee [ edit ] Illinois Central Railroad Division Office , Jackson, Tennessee, listed on

377-532: The NRHP in Illinois Illinois Central Railroad Depot (Kankakee, Illinois) , NRHP-listed Illinois Central Railroad Water Tower and Pump House , Kinmundy, Illinois, NRHP-listed Illinois Central Railroad Depot (Mattoon, Illinois) , NRHP-listed Illinois Central Railroad Depot (Ullin, Illinois) , NRHP-listed Indiana [ edit ] Illinois Central Railroad Freight Depot (Bloomington, Indiana) , listed on

406-770: The NRHP in Iowa Ticonic Depot Waverly Depot Webster City Depot Woodbine Depot Kentucky [ edit ] Illinois Central Railroad Station and Freight Depot (Bardwell, Kentucky) , listed on the NRHP in Kentucky Minnesota [ edit ] Steen Depot Mississippi [ edit ] Illinois Central Railroad Depot (Brookhaven, Mississippi) Brookhaven, Mississippi Delta Blues Museum , former station in Clarksdale, Mississippi, listed on

435-496: The NRHP in Madison County, Tennessee Newbern Illinois Central Depot , Newbern, Tennessee, NRHP-listed Wisconsin [ edit ] Argyle Depot Basco Depot Belleville Depot Dodgeville Depot Madison Freighthouse Martintown Depot Monroe Freighthouse [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with

464-664: The NRHP in Mississippi, alternatively known as Illinois Central Passenger Depot Illinois Central Depot (Grenada, Mississippi) , listed on the NRHP in Grenada County, Mississippi Illinois Central Railroad Passenger Depot (Hazlehurst, Mississippi) , listed on the NRHP in Copiah County, Mississippi Illinois Central Railroad Freight Depot (Natchez, Mississippi) , a Mississippi Landmark Illinois Central Railroad Depot (Raymond, Mississippi) , listed on

493-1021: The NRHP in Monroe County, Indiana Iowa [ edit ] Ackley Combination Depot , listed on the NRHP in Hardin County, Iowa Alta Depot Aurelia Depot Cherokee Depot and Yard , listed on the NRHP in Iowa Cleghorn Depot Denison Depot Gaza Depot George Depot Independence Depot Iowa Falls Depot Manchester Depot Meriden Depot Osage Depot Parkersburg Depot Pomeroy Depot Primghar Depot Rock Rapids Depot St. Ansgar Depot Sioux City Depot Storm Lake Passenger Depot , listed on

522-455: The area. Over the next twenty years operations for the railroad's northern division were still led from the original division headquarters even as railroad activity continued to increase. The original building was enlarged in 1863, though accounts still portrayed the structure as too small for the needs of the railroad at the time. On November 15, 1875, the division headquarters building and the adjacent hotel/depot were destroyed by fire . After

551-493: The building in Amboy was one such division headquarters. By the time the Amboy Illinois Central Depot was completed in 1876 the entire 345-mile (555 km) stretch of track from Centralia to East Dubuque was consolidated within the Illinois Central Northern Division, operated out of the Amboy building. The Amboy division headquarters had authority of 53 individual train stations. Operations at

580-464: The building. The northwest half of the first floor was transformed into a storage area and the second floor renovated into apartments for the station agent and employees of the nearby Green River Ordnance Plant . The station remained the transfer point for all ammunition made at the hastily constructed ammunition plant throughout World War II and the Korean War . The mid-1980s brought the end of

609-458: The depot for the village of Amboy. The second floor was mostly abandoned after 1894 while the first floor handled the bulk of the day-to-day operations. As cars and buses became more popular Amboy's need for rail service could be served by the station in Dixon ; passenger service to Amboy was discontinued in 1939 and the depot underwent an extensive remodeling. Operations were once again moved about

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638-410: The fire the railroad decided to raze the remains of the old structure and construct a new combined depot and division headquarters, leaving hotel functions to other private entrepreneurs. The burned out site was cleared and in 1876 the current Amboy Illinois Central Depot was built. Railroad management was carried out by designating divisions which had autonomous control over hundreds of miles of track,

667-445: The line was completed in 1855 it was the longest rail line in the world. The museum consists of three buildings with the Amboy Illinois Central Depot being its primary structure. Inside are exhibits and artifacts relating to the history of Amboy and Illinois Central Railroad. Palmer School is a restored one-room schoolhouse that was relocated to museum property during the 1990s from its original location west of Amboy. The other structure

696-440: The rail line through Amboy was downgraded in importance by the railroad and the division headquarters moved elsewhere. Today the depot is operated as a public museum . The museum grounds include the depot, which houses artifacts and exhibits and several outbuildings. Also on the property is a steam locomotive which, in 1976, was the last steam engine in the United States to be commissioned for regular freight service. The locomotive

725-623: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Central_Railroad_Depot&oldid=1061505804 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Amboy Illinois Central Depot The rectangular, Italianate building operated as Illinois Central Railroad's Northern Division headquarters until 1894. After 1894

754-414: The section of track from Freeport to Centralia (including Amboy) to a sub-division. The headquarters in Amboy were closed and the locomotive repair and maintenance facilities were mostly abandoned and relocated to Freeport, Illinois, and Clinton, Illinois . After the division headquarters moved, the depot still carried out railroad functions; the building still served as a crew change location as well as

783-568: Was designed by railroad staff architect James Nocquet in the Italianate style of architecture. Before Nocquet was employed by Illinois Central he worked in a Chicago architectural firm, Meriam and Nocquet. In 1871 he took his position with the railroad and remained in their employ through the 1870s, including during the time he designed the Amboy depot. The building was designed to be a spacious and modern division headquarters while doubling as

812-490: Was obtained from the now defunct Northwestern Steel and Wire company and is maintained as a static display. The Amboy Illinois Central Depot was constructed in 1876 within the right-of-way for the Illinois Central Railroad . When the Illinois Central was authorized by a Stephen A. Douglas -sponsored act of Congress on September 20, 1854, it was to be the largest railroad company on earth. The act authorized

841-575: Was originally operated by the Grand Trunk Western Railroad . Switcher #8376 (8376) was retired from service near Detroit , Michigan , in 1958 and sold as scrap. The now-defunct Northwestern Steel and Wire company, in Sterling, Illinois , ended up with 8376 and other steam locomotives, and instead of melting them down the company renovated them. The company then used them to replace their aging internal locomotives, used within

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