tb_deeringsmithwire_1991_01
Almost a decade after the Deering Line was abandoned in the early 1980s, an isolated spur track still ran into a building on Medill St. in Chicago near the intersection of Fullerton and Ashland Avenues. According to old Milwaukee Road engineering maps, this building once housed the Smith Wire & Iron Works. It must have been quite a sight to see back then, with either Milwaukee Road steam locomotives or a first generation diesel shoving a freight car through the entrance with the roll-top door. Note the girder rail in the street to protect against derailments. As of 2003, this scene is gone.
tb_deeringsmithwire_1991_01
Almost a decade after the Deering Line was abandoned in the early
1980s, an isolated spur track still ran into a building on Medill
St. in Chicago near the intersection of Fullerton and Ashland
Avenues. According to old Milwaukee Road engineering maps, this
building once housed the Smith Wire & Iron Works. It must have been
quite a sight to see back then, with either Milwaukee Road steam
locomotives or a first generation diesel shoving a freight car
through the entrance with the roll-top door. Note the girder rail
in the street to protect against derailments. As of 2003, this
scene is gone.