Former Chicago & Northwestern Train Station
Introduction
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway passenger depot.
Backstory and Context
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Northwestern railway was established in 1864 after the Rock River Valley Union Railroad was combined with other smaller routes in Illinois and Wisconsin. This address was the former location of the passenger train station in Janesville. They had built two structures here over the years, with the last depot constructed in 1898. The structure does not exist today.
Even though Janesville was the center of railways for many years, after World War II the popularity of train travel declined in favor of automobiles. Subsequently, passenger service on the Chicago & Northwestern railway halted in 1965.
Sources
Cartwright, Carol Lohry; Shaffer, Scott; Waller, Randal
City on the Rock River : chapters in Janesville's history
Janesville, Wisconsin: Janesville Historic Commission, 1998
268 p.