The Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway
| Name: | Franklin Street(Evansville), Indiana(elevation 387') |
| Mile Post: | 246.6 |
| Previous Station: | Devon St. JCT |
| Next Station: | Evansville |
| Description: |
Franklin Street was the location in Evansville where the railroad's southern terminus facilities were located. Located on both sides of the main line, the facilities were reached by branching out from the main at about MP 246.4. The freight depot now houses offices and the engine house has become a warehouse. |
| Photos: | Locomotives Structures |
| Date Reached: | 1881 |
| Track Status: | Removed 1997 |
| RR Facilities: |
Car Repair Shop (30' x 8') - former car body - placed here 1907 - for storage? - (listed here 1916) Cinder Pit - (listed here in 1928 & 1944) Coal Chute - (listed here in 1944) Two Story Brick Depot - perhaps (72'6" x 25') - built 1881 Diesel Oil Facilities - listed here 12/14/1957 Engine House(1st?) - destroyed by fire prior to 1894 Engine House(2nd) - built 1894 - 3 stall wood round house - 12'6" at the front, 60' deep Engine House(3rd) - six stalls perhaps only five open - listed 1912 & 1914 owned by the EB! Engine House(4th?) - two stall building Engineer's Room And Store Room (32' x 18' x 11'2") - built 1894 - (listed here 1916) Engineer's Wash Room (35 x 8'6") - former car body - placed here 1907 - (listed here 1916) Brick Freight Depot (152' x 40') - built 1881 Two Story Brick Freight Depot (170' x 40') - (1915-present day) Ice? House (14' x 12' or 40' x 14') - built 1894 Livestock Pens? - (listed 1898) Office Building - built 1894 Wood Office Building (18' x 12') - built 1898 - MP 246.58 - not mentioned after 1900 Wood Oil House (16' x 12') - probably built 1894 at MP 146.6 - not mentioned after 1900 Platform - (listed here in 1928) Wood Sand And Oil House (54' x 26') - built 1905 - (listed here 1916) Brick Sand And Water Treatment Plant - 1950's? Sanding Facilities - 1950's? Scale - (listed here in 1928) Brick Shop Building (200' x 130') - built 1881 - (listed here 1916) Siding Spurs Store House (92' x 20' x 9'2") - built circa 1911 as bunk house - (listed here 1916) Wood Switch Shanty (32' x 18') - built 1894 - (listed here 1916) Team Tracks TOFC Ramp Tool House - (listed here in 1928 & 1944) 66' Steel Turntable - built 1892 - placed here 1905/6 - (listed here 1916) 85' Steel Turntable - built 1912 - (listed here 1927 & 1944) - removed 1963 (2) Water Columns - (listed here in 1944) Wood Water Tank - (16' x 20' tub on 14' frame) - 33,270 gallon capacity - built 1904 - (listed here in 1916, 1928 & 1944) |
| Customers: |
Furniture Factories Indiana Builders Supply Co. |
| Last Updated: | 04/23/2012 |