Jul 3, 2015 · From 1879 to 1985, this was the location of the Milwaukee Road Shops. The enormous complex made rail cars and locomotives for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad. The Shops included carpentry, metal forging, machine assembly, welding, and …

Sep 6, 2010 · This caboose was built in 1929 at the Milwaukee Road shops, in Milwaukee. It was originally numbered MILW 01612, as part of an order for 15 drovers cars. They were the first steel cupola cabooses built by the Milwaukee.

In the early 1900s, Milwaukee was the "Machine Shop of the World" and the Menomonee Valley was its engine. Farm machinery, rail cars, electric motors and cranes were all made in the Valley. Clay became cream city bricks.

At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Milwaukee Road Shops (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Machine Shop of the World (approx. 0.3 miles away); Hank Aaron - Changing Times (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Hank Aaron - Changing Times (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different ...

May 29, 2022 · Built in Beloit, Wisconsin for the Milwaukee Road, it was originally #2310. It was one of 75 total units for the Milwaukee Road. The 740 was donated to us by Mr. Pete George in 1982.

The Whitewater Passenger Depot was built in 1890-91 for the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad, later known as the Milwaukee Road. It replaced the original frame depot, which was erected in 1852 when the railroad first came to Whitewater.

Jun 10, 2010 · (A historical marker located in Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.) In 1879, Sherburn S. Merrill, the General Manager of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad, purchased almost half a square mile in the Menomonee Valley to construct a massive railroad shop complex.

Jul 22, 2011 · It took a lot of mechanical muscle to pull the Milwaukee Road’s long, heavy passenger and freight trains over the rugged Rocky Mountains and tough Bitterroot Range. (A historical marker located near Avery in Shoshone County, Idaho.)

Jul 15, 2021 · One of the most innovative aids to the transport of goods in the early pioneer days between Watertown and Milwaukee was the creation of the Plank Road, a wooden highway that roughly conforms to US Highway 16 today. Started in the late 1840s, the road was finished as far as Watertown in 1853.

For more than 12,000 years, the Menomonee Valley was home to American Indian people. The Menomonee Valley, with its abundant plants and wildlife, was attractive to early hunters and gatherers. (A historical marker located in Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.)