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Glen Carbon Illinois Central Tower House |
Glen Carbon Illinois Central Tower House. This tower house was torn down in the summer of 1983. |
May 1960 |
December 8, 2016 |
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Remaining foundation of the railroad tower house |
Remaining foundation of Railroad tower house at West terminus of heritage trail. What is left is a small square foundation behind the rubble. The man pointing in the photo is L. Harris. |
February 17, 1990 |
December 8, 2016 |
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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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The Cut |
Narrow gauge railway carried from Brick yard to the railroad |
1902 |
December 8, 2016 |
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Slack Pile |
Slack Pile |
October 22, 1926 |
December 8, 2016 |
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Cole Gratcher outside of the old Coal Office |
Cole Gratcher (grandson of Alice Hielson) outside of the old Coal Office. Now Claude James house that used to belong to Mike Higgerson. |
August 1960 |
December 8, 2016 |
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December dinner inside the coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois |
Dinner served down inside coal mine #2 tunnel. December presiding over this unique dinner in #2 mine tunnel is Mike Sedlacek (center), top mine boss. The other people at the table are presumed to have been visiting officials of the Madison Coal Company and their wives. The unidentified women in the background are presumed to have been Glen Carbon Village women who prepared and served the food. |
1920 |
December 8, 2016 |
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3 men inside coal mine #2 sitting on coal carts |
3 men inside coal mine #2 sitting on coal cart. Left to right Ed Smith, Garbalde Raffalle, and Louis Trebing (who was 15 years old at the time of the photo). |
1910 |
December 8, 2016 |
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Two coal miners inside the mines standing on the tracks |
Two coal miners inside the mines standing on the tracks. The two men are Charles Thraxton (on the left) the mine superintendent and the other is Mr. Coleson who was also a violin teacher. |
1912 |
December 8, 2016 |
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Coal miners in front of the entrance to a mine in Glen Carbon |
This photograph shows a group of miners standing at the entrance to a mine in Glen Carbon. The arrow drawn on the photograph points to Fat Bendicks' father. |
1916 |
December 8, 2016 |
