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Big Four Train472 viewsA steam train moves Northeast on the "Big Four" rail line.
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Big Four Train628 viewsThis photo was taken from the top of the grain elevator, facing Northeast. A small piece of Wellington Machine Company appears on the right. The two crossings are Clay Street and Barker Street.
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Cheese Warehouse806 viewsThe main office of the Horr-Warner Cheese Co. is seen immediately on the opposite side of the "Big Four" railroad.
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Wadsworth Lumber Company855 viewsThe D.L. Wadsworth Company lumber yard occupied the area between Kelly Street and the Big Four Railroad just north of downtown and west of North Main Street. This facility appears on the 1884 Sanborn Maps for Wellington, the earliest available. It vanishes from the maps by 1904.
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Big Four Depot574 viewsThis is the Big Four Depot in Wellington. The two tracks in the center of the picture are the mainline, still in use in 2005 as the CSX Greenwich Subdivision of the Indy Line stretching from Berea to Crestline. The track to the right is a siding for the grain elevator. That track is also still in use today as a siding for the birdseed mill. At left, the freight depot and tracks are visible. While the depot still stands, the tracks have been removed.
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Big Four Depot580 viewsThis is a copy of a postcard showing the "Big Four" Depot in Wellington.
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Cargo at Wellington Station880 viewsThree carts of boxes pictured by the tracks in front of the Big Four depot in Wellington. The large building in the background, a cold storage building, was destroyed by fire on August 13, 2007.
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Delivery Truck286 viewsDelivery truck and driver, pictured in front of Big Four Railway depot.
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Huff Tower303 viewsHuff Tower was built to guard the junction of the Big Four Railroad and the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad. It stood proudly at the junction until a derailment in January 1960 demolished it. Luckily, the operator had moved to the ground to give orders to the approaching train and was able to see trouble soon enough to run.
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View from Huff Tower290 viewsLooking westward down the Big Four Railroad from the tower.
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