The Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway

 Name:  Mackinaw or Mackinaw Falls(Station), Illinois(elevation 504')
 Mile Post:  17.6
 Previous Station:  Sand Prairie
 Next Station:  Green Valley
 Description:  In 1891 the PD&E set up a resort area to the west of the tracks on the north bank of the Mackinaw River.  The resort was abandoned in 1903.  Servicing facilities for the locomotives hung on for another 5 years.
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 Date Reached:  By October 1870
 Track Status:  Still in place - .
 RR Facilities:

 Coal House (10'x12'x7'), built 1894, taken down 1908

 Pump House (12'x14'x12'), built 1894, taken down 1908

 Wood Dancing Pavilion (20'x40') - torn down in 1903

 Wood Dancing Pavilion (30'x40') - torn down in 1903

 Wood Refreshment Stands (16'x12') - torn down in 1903

 Wood Refreshment Stands (32'x12') - torn down in 1903

 Wood Summer Cottage (16'x14') - torn down in 1903

 Wood Summer Cottage (26'x14') - torn down in 1903

 Wood Summer Cottage (28'x14') - torn down in 1903

 Wood Water Tank (20'x16'), 19' frame, built 1894, taken down 1908

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 Last Updated:  02/09/2008

 

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