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Rock Island Freight House

Bill Pollard Photo

This freight station was first occupied by the Rock Island on July 7, 1914, replacing a prior RI terminal located on Front Street at the foot of Adams Avenue. The red brick building was 50 feet wide and 500 feet long, with 5 house tracks and a transfer platform on the west side of station, and with a wagon driveway on the east side. Railroad offices were relocated to a smaller, concrete block building near East 4th & Broadway in late 1966, and by 1975, the house tracks were long gone and the building had been leased for storage.

Mike Condren Photo

East side of Rock Island freight house, 9/86.

Mike Condren Photo

Rear half of the Rock Island freight house, 9/86

Contributed by Bill Pollard

From the March 1915 Rock Island Employee Magazine

Contributed by Bill Pollard

From the March 1915 Rock Island Employee Magazine