North Line industries

[cnwnorthline]

Hi,

Does anybody know of any industries served at grade level along the elevated Kenosha subdivision or did the tracks have to descend for each industry in Chicago.

Thanks!

-Matt

[TBurke]

Stewart-Warner in Chicago at Wolcott and Diversey was served at grade level on the east side.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart-Warner#/media/File:Rare_View_of_Back_of_Main_Stewart-Warner_Complex_in_Chicago_in_1990.jpeg

In Wilmette the North Line went back to grade level north into Wisconsin and it had several rail served customers like Ft. Sheridan, GL Blanchard in Lake Forest, Great Lakes Naval Station, Chicago Hardware Foundry in North Chicago, several industries in Waukegan, the Zion nuclear plant, etc. 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/39092860@N06/25106590714/in/photolist-EfzQHG-FaZqSm-EfzQM9

[cnwnorthline]

Thanks for the reply.  I actually asked the WRONG question.  I meant to ask if any had raised spurs to match the raised tracks.

[TBurke]

Not on the North Line but the upper level Blommer Chocolate spur comes to mind.

And Dad's Root Beer's bottling plant on the Northwest line was at the same elevation as the ROW probably because it was built after the tracks had already been raised.  It was just north of Diversey.  Today the building is converted to condos.  Dad's had two spurs, one that ran parallel to the main line and another one that went northeast.  You can sort of make out the spurs in this photo from NETR-see attached. 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/7547061@N02/2547515063

http://www.dadsrootbeer.com/dads/dads.nsf/vwcontent/History

[cnwnorthline]

Thanks for your examples.  I appreciate you taking the time for all our piddly requests! 

[TBurke]

I enjoy the challenge.

I always suspected that the building at Throop and Cortez alongside the Metra NW Line in Chicago was rail served at the raised level of the viaduct.  When you go past it and look west from a window of a Metra train you see what look like loading dock type doors.  It would not make sense to have wide doors on the second story of a building otherwise.

And in this 1952 view from NETR there appears to be a siding along the building with a tank car just to the north.