Photo courtesy Douglas County.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
1949 Rock Island
View is of Keokuk Metals, which is now long shut down after a series of owners and the removal of a few of the buildings. Note the highway goes straight through what is now the middle of town, and the current highway 28 alignment does not exist, even as a dirt road. Names in the odd shaped squares are the owners of that land.
Photo courtesy Douglas County.
Photo courtesy Douglas County.
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3 comments:
That looks like SR28 to the right of the shed (circled) but to the east, it looks a lot like 3rd Street. The old right of way east of what is now Parkway Dr. past BJ's is now the access road to the DOT yard where the R.I. sewer plant is going to go.
doug
Doug,
That does explain how it looks today. Thanks for the insight.
Dan
The building to the right of the circled one (the old packing shed) appears to be the old Rock Island station. As a point of reference, it's sitting on what is now the E-Z Auto Wrecking salvage yard.
doug
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