The Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway

 Name:  Emden, Illinois(elevation 594') - Telegraph: MD
 Mile Post:  32.1
 Previous Station:  Delavan
 Next Station:  Hartsburg
 Description:  Surveyed in 1871, the town was named after a town of the same name in Germany.  The depot here has been saved and restored by the people of Emden.
 Photos:  Right of Way  Structures
 Date Reached:  By July 4th, 1871
 Track Status:  Still in place - .
 RR Facilities:

 Coal Bin (5'x35') - (listed here in 1916)

 Coal House (9'x12') - (listed here in 1908)

 One Story Wood Depot (18'x36'), built 1870 - (listed here in 1944 and still here in 2007)

 Hand Car House (8'x14'x7'), placed 1894 - built from a car body - (listed here in 1916)

 Pump House (14'x20'), built 1899, North of town - (listed here in 1916)

 Three Pen Stock Yards - (93'x40' listed here in 1900)

 Three Pen Stock Yards - (two 32'x32, one 32'x40' listed here in 1916)

 Water Column - (listed here in 1944), half mile north on the Big Slough

 Wood Water Tank (20'x16'), 14' frame, built 1899, 33270 gallon capacity, half mile north on the Big Slough - (listed here in 1944)

 Customers:  Emden Farmer's Grain
 Last Updated:  02/09/2008

 

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