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Rail crossing in St. Charles, Illinois

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Title
Rail crossing in St. Charles, Illinois
Description
Photograph, b/w
Interpretation
Locomotive no. 1154 pulls a freight train across an unprotected crossing in St. Charles, Illinois. Automatic crossing lights and gates were not in common usage at this time.
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • Transportation-A Student's Historical Explanation  
  • Depression Photo Essay  
  • American Communities in History  
  • American Dream  
Learning Standards
  • 17 Geography  
  • 15 Economics  
  • 16 History  
Source
The North Western: A History of the Chicago & North Western Railway System by H. Roger Grant, ISBN 0-87580-214-1, 292 p., 1996 (p.157)  
Subject / Keywords
  • Railroad locomotives  
  • Railroad tracks  
  • Rail transportation  
  • Chicago and North Western Railway Company  
  • Rail crossings  
  • Railroads  
  • Illinois  
Temporal Coverage
1932/1937~
Collection Publisher
Illinois State Library
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated
Date Created
37851
Collection Title
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
Collection
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
TitleRail crossing in St. Charles, Illinois
DescriptionPhotograph, b/w
InterpretationLocomotive no. 1154 pulls a freight train across an unprotected crossing in St. Charles, Illinois. Automatic crossing lights and gates were not in common usage at this time.
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • Transportation-A Student's Historical Explanation  
  • Depression Photo Essay  
  • American Communities in History  
  • American Dream  
Learning Standards
  • 17 Geography  
  • 15 Economics  
  • 16 History  
SourceThe North Western: A History of the Chicago & North Western Railway System by H. Roger Grant, ISBN 0-87580-214-1, 292 p., 1996 (p.157)  
Subject / Keywords
  • Railroad locomotives  
  • Railroad tracks  
  • Rail transportation  
  • Chicago and North Western Railway Company  
  • Rail crossings  
  • Railroads  
  • Illinois  
Temporal Coverage1932/1937~
Collection PublisherIllinois State Library
RightsCopyright Not Evaluated
Date Created37851
Collection TitleTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
CollectionTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

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