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Locations of these facilities on the Green Bay Route.
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Water Facilities: |
 Water tank at Seymour, ca. 1915. |
These lists are essentially complete, except for the facilities on the La Crosse branch (abandoned 1922). If you can add information, especially dates of abandonment or removal, please contact me.
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Coaling Facilities
| Item | Location | Milepost | Division /Branch |
Year |
Notes |
| 1 | Sturgeon Bay | 57.3 | Sturgeon Bay | Engines were coaled via shovel from boxcars or gondolas. In 1947 and beyond a small conveyor was used to load tenders from a Sawyer Fuel Co. truck. | |
| 2 | Norwood Yard | 0.7 | New London | 1954 ca. | Coaling tower, removed ca. 1954 after steam power was retired. |
| 3 | Wisconsin Rapids | 95.5 | New London | 1954 ca. | Coaling tower, removed ca. 1954 after steam power was retired. |
| 4 | Whitehall | 177.7 | Whitehall | 1954 ca. | Coaling tower, removed ca. 1954 after steam power was retired. |
| 5 | Marshland | 209.3 | Whitehall | 1922 | Coaling tower, removed 1922 after the La Crosse branch was abandoned. |
| 6 | Waupaca | 70.7 | Waupaca | Engines were coaled via shovel from boxcars or gondolas. | |
| 7 | Stevens Point | 87.4 | Stevens Point | Engines were coaled via shovel from boxcars or gondolas. |
Water Tanks
The last water tanks were dismantled in 1953. At that time there were ten still standing.
| Item | Location | Milepost | Division /Branch |
Year |
Notes |
| 01 | Sturgeon Bay | 57.3 | Sturgeon Bay | Add comment about this location | |
| 02 | Algoma | 37.3 | Sturgeon Bay | Add comment about this location | |
| 03 | Kewaunee | 36.7 | Kewaunee | Add comment about this location | |
| 04 | Casco Junction | 23.3 | Kewaunee / Sturgeon Bay | Add comment about this location | |
| 05 | New Franken | 13.2 | Kewaunee | Add comment about this location | |
| 06 | Norwood Yard | 0.7 | New London / Kewaunee | Add comment about this location | |
| 07 | Seymour | 17.0 | New London | Add comment about this location | |
| 08 | New London | 39.3 | New London | Located
just west of the Embarrass River bridge Add comment about this location |
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| 09 | Scandinavia | 61.0 | New London | Add comment about this location | |
| 10 | Plover | 81.4 | New London | Add comment about this location | |
| 11 | Wisconsin Rapids | 95.5 | New London / Whitehall | Add comment about this location | |
| 12 | City Point | 121.0 | Whitehall | Add comment about this location | |
| 13 | Hatfield (?) | 141.8 | Whitehall | Perhaps a tank at this
location, based on anecdotal stories. Add comment about this location |
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| 14 | Merrillan | 148.1 | Whitehall | Used
jointly by CStPM&O and GBW. Early tank (installed 1892) was located
in the southwest corner of the crossing; later tank (1940 ca.) was in
the northeast corner of the crossing. Add comment about this location |
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| 15 | Hixton (?) | 158.0 | Whitehall | Perhaps had a tank at this
location, based on distances between known water tank locations. Add comment about this location |
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| 16 | Taylor | 164.9 | Whitehall | Replaced by
a large-capacity tank at Whitehall in early 1940s. Add comment about this location |
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| 17 | Blair | 171.0 | Whitehall | Replaced by a large-capacity
tank at Whitehall in early 1940s. Add comment about this location |
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| 18 | Arcadia | 192.0 | Whitehall | Replaced by
a large-capacity tank at Whitehall in early 1940s. Add comment about this location |
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| 19 | Whitehall | 177.7 | Whitehall | Add comment about this location | |
| 20 | Winona | 213.9 | Whitehall | Add comment about this location | |
| 21 | Waupaca | 70.7 | Waupaca | Add comment about this location |
Turntables
| Item | Location | Milepost | Division /Branch |
Diameter |
Year |
Notes |
| 01 | Sturgeon Bay | 57.3 | Sturgeon Bay | 50' 70' |
The turntable was originally
50 feet; it was extended 10 feet on either end, for a total of 70 feet,
date unknown. The location was at the end of Iowa Street. Add comment about this location |
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| 02 | Maplewood | 48.5 | Sturgeon Bay | Had one for
about 6 years in the late 1910s / early 1920s. Add comment about this location |
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| 03 | Kewaunee | 36.7 | Kewaunee | With the downtown engine
house. Add comment about this location |
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| 04 | Casco Junction | 23.3 | Kewaunee / Sturgeon Bay | Original
was a wood gallows style table with a very shallow pit located just east
of Sunset Road inside the curve the A&W mainline makes as it
branches from the KGB&W. Later replaced by a steel table in a
pit close to the water tower. Add comment about this location |
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| 05 | Norwood Yard | 0.7 | New London / Kewaunee | ?? 60' 85' |
1899 1937 2000 |
60' turntable was installed
in 1899 when the roundhouse was expanded by six stalls. 85'
turntable installed in 1937, very likely the CMStP&P's turntable
from Cle Elum, Wash. Add comment about this location |
| 06 | New London | 39.3 | New London | 50' | 1942 | Add comment about this location |
| 07 | Scandinavia | 61.0 | New London | 50' | 1942 | Add comment about this location |
| 08 | Wisconsin Rapids | 95.5 | New London / Whitehall | 80' | 1942 | Used as a
bridge on the Waupaca Branch after removal. Add comment about this location |
| 09 | Merrillan | 148.1 | Whitehall | Accessed jointly by C&NW
& GBW. Add comment about this location |
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| 10 | Marshland | 209.3 | Whitehall | Add comment about this location | ||
| 11 | Winona | 213.9 | Whitehall | Add comment about this location | ||
| 12 | La Crosse | 239.0 | La Crosse | Add comment about this location |
