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Kenosha was a busy place on the railroad back in the
early 1950’s as attested to by the list of industrial customers shown below –
76 in total – all served by rail.
There is actually one more that we cannot read as it is cut off at the
bottom of the original list below the Wisconsin Fuel & Supply Co.. The North Western had the bulk of them – 61
including 5 served jointly with the North Shore Line. Several switch jobs were needed in those
days, both 1st & 2nd shift. Most of these industries no longer exist. Today, almost 60 years later, there is only one
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Serving Railroad |
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American Brass Co. |
Copper & Brass Products |
C&NW |
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Arenson Foundry Co. |
Grey Iron Castings |
C&NW |
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Badger Fuel Co. |
Fuel |
C&NW |
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Baldwin Coal Co. |
Fuel |
C&NW |
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J.W. Cable Coal Co. |
Fuels |
CNS&M |
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Leo Cicchini Coal & Coke |
Fuels |
C&NW |
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Cities Service Oil Co. |
Petroleum Products |
C&NW-CNS&M |
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City Lumber & Supply Co. |
Building Material |
CNS&M |
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Consumers Co. |
Fuels |
C&NW |
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Co-Op Consumers Co. |
Fuels |
C&NW |
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Coopers, Inc. |
Men’s Wear |
C&NW |
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Dynamatic Corp. |
Machinery |
C&NW |
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Economy Coal Co. |
Fuels |
C&NW |
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Frost Manufacturing Co. |
Brass Plumbing Fixtures |
C&NW |
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Gallo Oil Co. |
Petroleum Products |
C&NW |
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Goldman Iron & Metal Co. |
Scrap Metal |
C&NW |
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Gordon Lumber & Supply Co. |
Building Material |
CNS&M |
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Haas Coal & Dock Co. |
Fuel |
C&NW |
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Home Lumber Co |
Building Materials |
CNS&M |
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Hanson Storage Co. |
Storage |
CNS&M |
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Holderness Coal Co. |
Fuel |
CNS&M |
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Holms Manufacturing Co. |
Metal Stampings |
C&NW |
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Hub Fuel Co. |
Fuel |
C&NW |
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Imperial Fuel Co. |
Fuel |
C&NW |
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Independent Fuel Co. |
Fuel |
C&NW |
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Jacobs, Peters & Sons Co. |
Grains, Feeds & Flours |
C&NW |
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Johnston Fuel Co. ** |
Fuel |
C&NW |
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City Government |
C&NW |
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C&NW |
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Kenosha Boiler & Structural Co. |
Structural Iron |
C&NW |
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Kenosha Brick Co. |
Building Materials |
CNS&M |
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Kenosha County Oil Co. |
Petroleum Products |
C&NW |
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Knit Ware |
C&NW |
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Kenosha Iron & Metals Co. |
Scrap Metals |
C&NW |
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Kenosha Lumber & Copal Co. |
Building Material & Fuel |
C&NW |
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Kenosha News Publishing Co. |
Local Newspaper |
C&NW |
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Kenosha Wholesale Grocery Co. |
Wholesale Groceries |
C&NW |
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N.S. Koos & Sons Co. ** |
Fertilizer |
C&NW |
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Kreger Brothers, Inc. |
Fuels |
C&NW |
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Lake Shore Candy Co. |
Wholesale Candy |
C&NW |
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Liberty Coal Co. |
Fuels |
C&NW |
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C.H Lockwood, Inc. |
Petroleum Products |
CNS&M |
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Lockwitz Coal Co. |
Fuels |
C&NW |
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Samuel Lowe & Co. |
Book Publisher |
C&NW |
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Frank Luxem & Co. |
Wholesale Fruits & Vegetables |
C&NW |
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MacWhyte Co. ** |
Wire Rope |
C&NW |
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Art May Beer Distribution Co. |
Beverages |
C&NW |
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McNeil Fuel Co. |
Fuels |
C&NW-CNS&M |
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Moriarity Manufacturing Co. |
Hardware |
C&NW |
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Nash-Kelvinator Corp. |
Automobiles |
C&NW-CNS&M |
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National Cylinder Gas Co. |
Industrial Gasses |
C&NW |
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David Nelson & Son ** |
Storage |
C&NW |
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North Shore Fuel & Supply Co. |
Fuels |
CNS&M |
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Paramount Fuel Co. |
Fuel |
C&NW |
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Peacock Co. |
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CNS&M |
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D.B. Pedley & Son |
Petroleum Products |
C&NW |
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P. Peerbolte Co. |
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CNS&M |
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Peter Pirsch & Sons ** |
Fire Fighting Equipment |
C&NW |
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Phillips Petroleum Co. |
Petroleum Products |
C&NW |
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Quaker Stretcher Co. |
Curtain Stretchers |
C&NW |
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Sheridan Fuel Co. |
Fuels |
C&NW |
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Simmons Co. ** |
Metal Furniture |
C&NW |
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Snap-On Tools Co. |
Tools |
C&NW-CNS&M |
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Southern States Coal Co. |
Fuels |
C&NW-CNS&M |
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Southport Lumber Co. |
Building Materials |
C&NW |
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Specialty Brass Co. |
Dairy Products |
C&NW |
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Standard Coal Co. |
Fuels |
C&NW |
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Standard Oil Co. |
Petroleum Products |
C&NW |
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Thompson Co. |
Cement Building Block |
C&NW |
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Thompson Gasoline Alleys |
Petroleum Products |
CNS&M |
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Tri-Clover Machine Co. |
Hardware |
C&NW |
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Veenstra Lumber & Supply Co. |
Building Material |
C&NW |
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Vincent McCall Co. |
Metal Furniture |
C&NW |
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Washington Road Lumber & Fuel Co. |
Lumber & Fuel |
CNS&M |
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Wisconsin Fuel & Lumber Co. |
Lumber & Fuel |
CNS&M |
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Wisconsin Fuel & Supply Co. |
Fuels |
CNS&M |
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One of the several Kenosha switch runs in the late 1940’s with Engineer Louis Madison and Fireman Bob Glueck. This photo is from 1948. |
The Kenosha Depot in October 2009. Photo by Captain Wally Lindemann. |
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