[RITSlist] Foundation of the first roundhouse in Rock Island Ill.???

[DAVID SCHMIDT]

I don't know about it being the foundation for the original roundhouse, but 
if you look carefully just below and to the right of the existing foundation 
remains, you'll see what appears to be the depression of a filled in pit for 
a turntable and a yard lead coming up to it.
David Schmidt
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> I've spied this strange structure/foundation just north of the freight 
> yard in Rock Island:
>
> <http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=qxjfpf7fmfbt&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=8514561&encType=1>
> <http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=qxjfpf7fmfbt&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=8514561&encType=1>
> <http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=qxjgkf7fmfh4&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=114440&encType=1>
>
> In a panoramic drawing dating back 1889 it shows a real complete 
> roundhouse at the CRI&P yard very close to the water:
>
> <http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.pl?data=/home/www/data/gmd/gmd410/g4104/g4104r/pm001850.sid&style=pmmap&itemLink=D?gmd:2:./temp/~ammem_qGsD::&title=Rock%20Island,%20Ill.%20H.%20Wellge,%20des.>
> Zoom in to the left of the picture. You'll have to get used to the web 
> site to move around the picture.
>
> The question is...is the former views truly the foundation of the original 
> roundhouse?
> I'm wondering if the now unused industrial spur to the north was the old 
> main line of the CB&Q (R,RI&STL)and sometime the mainline was moved to the 
> south of the old roundhouse building once the site was abandoned.
>
> Anyone know if any of my assumptions are true?
>
> Joe
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