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Kankakee Railroads - Stevens, Norman S, and The Kankakee County Historical Society
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Tracks for the Chicago branch of the Illinois Central Railroad were established in the vicinity of the Kankakee River in 1853. The Kankakee Depot was set up and soon thereafter the Associates Land Company had a 49-block town laid out around the depot. By the beginning of the 20th century, Kankakee, a town that formed because of the railroad, was a thriving industrial city, as well as a railroad center served by five major railroad lines. This book traces the history of Kankakee's railroads from 1850 to 1950. Photographs ...

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Kankakee Railroads 2005, Arcadia Publishing (SC), Charleston, SC

ISBN-13: 9780738533711

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