Property Record
CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD
Architecture and History Inventory
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Reference Number: | 29166 |
Location (Address): | CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD |
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County: | Monroe |
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Township/Village: | Greenfield |
Unincorporated Community: | |
Town: | 18 |
Range: | 2 |
Direction: | W |
Section: | 26 |
Quarter Section: | NE |
Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
Year Built: | 1861 |
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Additions: | |
Survey Date: | 1976 |
Historic Use: | tunnel |
Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | THE FIRST RAILROAD TUNNEL WAS BUILT IN 1858 (NO LONGER EXTANT) AFTER SURVEYORS EMPLOYED BY THE LACROSSE AND MILWAUKEE RAILROAD WERE SENT TO FIND THE BEST ROUTES FROM THEIR EASTERN TERMINAL AT NEW LISBON TO LACROSSE. TUNNEL CITY DEVELOPED AS A RESULT OF THE RAILROADS AND STAGE LINES CARRYING FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS TO AND FROM LACROSSE. THE TUNNEL BUILT IN 1861 BY THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND ST. PAUL IS EXTANT; THE ONE BUILT BY THE CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN IS NOT. |
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Bibliographic References: |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |