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Mules used to haul brick from brick yard to railroad |
Mules were used to haul brick from the brick yard to the railroad. They made a little road that went by Nickel Plate Station. |
1904 |
December 8, 2016 |
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Nickel Plate Station |
Railroad employee stands outside with two women and a baby outside of the Nickel Plate Station in Glen Carbon |
Unknown |
December 8, 2016 |
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Nickel Plate Warehouse and Section Foreman’s house |
Nickel Plate Warehouse and Section Foreman’s house taken in 1909 at Peter Station. The road in the foreground that ran between warehouse and station. This road became Route 157 in the 1930’s. |
1909 |
December 8, 2016 |
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Old tower building |
Old tower building |
Unknown |
December 8, 2016 |
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Outside View of Church |
Outside view of church |
Unknown |
December 8, 2016 |
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Outside view of coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois |
This photograph shows coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon |
Unknown |
December 8, 2016 |
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Peters Train Station in Glen Carbon |
Peters Train Station before 1913. These buildings were located between the tracks just west of Illinois Route 157. Gottieb Schumachers store is in the background, presently Judy’s Inn Tavern. The building attached is the freight house that is used for unclaimed freight. |
Before 1913 |
December 8, 2016 |
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Photo of landscape |
Photo of landscape |
Unknown |
December 8, 2016 |
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Pit Mules in the Glen Carbon Coal Mine |
This photograph shows pit mules housed inside the Glen Carbon mine. These mules spent most of their days living underground and were used to move carts of coal. |
Unknown |
December 8, 2016 |
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Portrait of Coal miners |
3 coal mining men and one child. Miners holding tools, wearing head lamps, and carrying lunch boxes. |
Unknown |
December 8, 2016 |