- Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Depot (Montevideo, Minnesota)
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Depot
Location: S. First St. at Park Ave., Montevideo, Minnesota Coordinates: 44°56′30″N 95°43′20″W / 44.94167°N 95.72222°WCoordinates: 44°56′30″N 95°43′20″W / 44.94167°N 95.72222°W Area: less than one acre Built: 1901 Architect: Chicago,Milwaukee, & St. Paul RR; Nettenstrom,J.U. Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 88002079[1] Added to NRHP: October 27, 1988 The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Depot in Montevideo, Minnesota is a depot listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The depot is now the Milwaukee Road Heritage Center, a railroad museum that focuses on interpreting the history of the Milwaukee Road as it influenced Montevideo in the late 19th century through the 1980s. The Milwaukee Road Heritage Center also displays donated railroad equipment, such as a 200-ton crane, passenger and baggage cars, freight cars, a Plymouth Locomotive Works 44-ton switching locomotive, and a 600 horsepower (450 kW) diesel switcher built by Electro-Motive Division in 1939. The group has also restored a turntable that provides access to a 26-stall roundhouse.[2]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "Milwaukee Road Heritage Center". http://www.montevideomrhc.org/about.html. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
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