Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad
The Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad was a railroad company established in 1865 that served various communities along the eastern border of Illinois. Construction began in 1869, and by 1871 a line was completed from Dolton, Illinois (near Chicago) to Danville.[1]
There were plans to build a branch of this railroad from Bismarck, on the main line, southeast through through Warren County, Indiana and through Covington, Indiana to reach coal mines south of that town. This part was completed by July, 1873 and was known as the Pumpkin Vine Railroad. It was to continue through Parke County, Indiana and into Brazil in Clay County, Indiana; but this second portion was not completed.[2] In 1878, labor riots at the mines south of Covington caused the miles to close, and the rails were removed within a few years.[3][4]
The railroad was consolidated into the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad in 1877.
[edit] References
- ^ Lyford, Will H. (1913). History of Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company to June 30, 1913. Chicago: The Gunthorp-Warren Printing Company. p. 1. http://books.google.com/books?id=4nspAAAAYAAJ&dq=chicago%2C%20danville%20and%20vincennes%20railroad%20%22warren%20county%22&pg=PA2#v=twopage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
- ^ History of Parke and Vermillion Counties Indiana. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen and Company. 1913. pp. 221–222. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofparkeve00bfbo#page/n220/mode/2up. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
- ^ Warren County Historical Society (1966). A History of Warren County, Indiana. Williamsport, Indiana.
- ^ Clifton, Thomas, ed. (1913). Past and Present of Fountain and Warren Counties Indiana. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen and Company. pp. 137–138. http://www.archive.org/stream/pastpresentoffou01clif#page/n45/mode/2up. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
- The Chicago, Danville and Vincennes R. R.. New York: John W. Amerman, Printer. 1871. http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagodanvillev00chic#page/n1/mode/2up. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
- Ackerman, William K. (1884). Early Illinois Railroads. Chicago: Fergus Printing Company. pp. 12, 119. http://www.archive.org/stream/earlyillinoisr4832acke#page/12/mode/2up/search/vincennes. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
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