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Forrest RR Turntable

Livingston County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in December 2012

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BH Photo #244972

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Description 

Spotted an outline of an American Bridge Co. plaque which made me think that technically this is a bridge. Originally the Wabash Railroad

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over former roundhouse pit on Wabash Ry
Location
Forrest, Livingston County, Illinois
Status
Derelict/abandoned
Future prospects
Scheduled to be preserved as part of a Railroad Park project
History
Installed 1917, replacing a 70 ft. turntable installed June 1904
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroad
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Total length: 90.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.74986, -88.40500   (decimal degrees)
40°44'60" N, 88°24'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/381390/4511939 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Forrest South
Land survey
T. 26 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 3
Elevation
685 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 54976 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,654)
American Bridge Co. (1,512)
Built 1917 (637)
Built during 1910s (9,647)
Deck girder (5,754)
Forrest, Illinois (10)
Girder (10,248)
Have street view (26,959)
 Illinois (4,650)
Livingston County, Illinois (105)
Owned by historical society (75)
Plate girder (7,934)
Preserved (1,189)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,588)
Turntable (31)
Wabash Railroad (572)

Update Log 

  • October 8, 2019: New photos from Thomas Dyrek
  • June 1, 2016: New Street View added by Jeff Wieland
  • December 31, 2014: New photo from James Holzmeier
  • December 17, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Changed name, updated history and changed installation date from 1926 to 1917, as per Wabash RR documents
  • December 10, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Added link to image of Preliminary Master Plan for the Railroad Park, including turntable
  • December 8, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Classified turntable as "preserved in place" and updated future prospects
  • November 7, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Removed category "Toledo, Peoria, & Western Railroad" as this was solely a Wabash turntable.
  • December 22, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Turntable"
  • December 22, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added categories "Toledo, Peoria, & Western Railroad", "Wabash Railroad"

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