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EXISTING STATIONS | ||||||||
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Station Name |
Original Railroad | Current Location |
Type | Date Built |
Current Use |
Track Status |
Building Material |
More Info |
Appleton | 2270 90th Street SW (GPS: 45.196685, -96.035927) |
C | 1914 | Residence | None | Wood | ||
Appleton | Cottonwood Creek Hunting Preserve, 1160 100th Street SW, in Danvers | C | 1885 | Club | None | Wood | ||
Benson | ???? | F | ???? | ???? | In Use | Metal | ||
Benson (Litchfield) |
Sibley Avenue South between West Depot and West Darwin Streets in Litchfield (Meeker Co.) | C | ???? | Railroad | In Use | Wood | ||
clontarf | 100 Becker Avenue | C | 1878 | Storage | In Use | Wood | ||
De Graff | On a farm east of Clontarf on 20th Avenue NW just north
of 45th Street NW (GPS: 45.363552,-95.624603) |
C | 1876 | Residence | None | Wood | ||
holloway | On a farm east of Clontarf on 20th Avenue NW just north
of 45th Street NW (GPS: 45.363423,-95.625182) |
C | 1901 | Storage | None | Wood | ||
STATIONS OF THE PAST | ||||||||
Station Name |
Original Railroad |
Notes | ||||||
Appleton | The earlier Appleton depot. | |||||||
Benson | This station was built in 1906. | |||||||
Benson | This station predated the one above. | |||||||
Danvers | Built in 1898, this station measured 30'x48'. | |||||||
Holloway | The first station built here was in 1898 with a larger station (24'x48') built in 1901 (see above). | |||||||
Kerkhoven | ||||||||
Murdock | This was the first station in Murdock. It burned in 1918 and a new station was built. | |||||||
Murdock | ||||||||
Swift Falls | ||||||||
1898 SWIFT COUNTY RAILROAD MAP | ||||||||
Notes About Existing Stations... Benson (BN) - This station was originally in Benson. When the old Great Northern depot at Litchfield was razed in 1985, this station was moved from Benson to Litchfield as a replacement. Clontarf (GN) - This station is now part of Johnson Fertilizer. It has been enclosed and heavily modified. It is unrecognizable as a depot now. The station closed in 1901. DeGraff (GN) - Botht the Degraff and Holloway station are on this site. Half of the Degraff station was torn down and the other half was moved to this farm and became a house. It is virtually unrecognizable as a depot now. Apparently the property was formerly owned by a GN section foreman who moved the building to the property originally. Before a school was built in DeGraff in 1878, classes were held in the depot (probably a station of older vintage than the existing one). |