First Run of First Steam Railroad - Meredosia, IL
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YoSam.
N 39° 49.564 W 090° 33.824
15S E 708496 N 4411292
monument in small city park.Note this marker has been moved to the old train depot.
Waymark Code: WMKAV5
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 03/11/2014
Views: 4
County of first: Morgan County
Location of marker: N. Green St. & Main St. (IL-104), city park, Meredosia
Marker erected by: Meredosia Parks Department
Monument text:
THE FIRST STEAM RAILROAD
West of the Allegheny Mountains.
NORTHERN CROSS
had its beginning on the East
bank of the Illinois River at
MEREDOSIA
The first run was made to its eastern
Terminus at Morgan City, NOV. 8, 1838.
A distance of twelve miles.
From this humble beginning of better
overland transportation it was soon
possible to develop the great wild west.More history can be read at Wabash Railroad History site.
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