231A FRONT STREET | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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231A FRONT STREET

Architecture and History Inventory
231A FRONT STREET | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:CHICAGO NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD ENGINE
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Contributing:
Reference Number:225970
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):231A FRONT STREET
County:Rock
City:Milton
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1940
Additions:
Survey Date:2012
Historic Use:object
Architectural Style:NA (unknown or not a building)
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:THIS 1930S-40S ENGINE WAS USED BY THE CHICAGO NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD, THE RAIL LINE THAT LINKED WITH THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND ST. PAUL RAILROAD TO FORM MILTON JUNCTION. IT SITS ON AN ABANDONED SECTION OF SIDE TRACK NEXT TO THE OLD CHICAGO NORTHWESTERN DEPOT. THE ENGINE IS LABELED A "STREAMLINER" REFLECTING ITS ROUNDED NOSE AND NARROW BODY, A DESIGN FEATURE OF RAILROAD ENGINES OF THE 1930S AND 1940S.
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RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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