[milwaukee-electric] Re: Harrison Street station NSL

[Ron Smolen]

Gary wrote....

> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:41:39 -0400
> From: gSchnabl at SWDetroit.com
> To: milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org
> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Harrison Street station NSL
> 
> The caption of the photo I linked to before with the Schroeder Hotel in 
> the background said:
> Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee interurban cars at the storage yard 
> near the Harrison Street station. Milwaukee Wisconsin.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/eddie-chicago-railfan/4952657447/
> That implied that the Harrison Street station was in downtown Milwaukee. 

> Wouldn't the Harrison Street part of the caption be in error?

 
Gary trust the postings by the two DONS  -   Don Ross or Don Liestikow ! ! ! !

Although I'm from Chicago, and I admit I don't know much about Milwaukees North side,
I am quite familiar with the south side from having family friends living near 13th and Mitchell,
and being a life long Milwaukee trackless trolley and North Shore Fan. 

Downtown and Harrison are two " separate " locations.

There were small yards at both locations...   but Downtown and Harrison were several miles apart.

Downtown had a MAJOR station facility. I'll ask the DONS to correct me if I am wrong, but I believe
there was nothing more than a platform at Harrison St. 

So "yes" the caption was wrong.

While It's quite easy to put a WRONG caption with a photo - it's much harder to get it corrected.


Don L. LeistikowDLeistikow at webtv.net Send emailFind email 





> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:41:39 -0400
> From: gSchnabl at SWDetroit.com
> To: milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org
> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Harrison Street station NSL
> 
> The caption of the photo I linked to before with the Schroeder Hotel in 
> the background said:
> Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee interurban cars at the storage yard 
> near the Harrison Street station. Milwaukee Wisconsin.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/eddie-chicago-railfan/4952657447/
> That implied that the Harrison Street station was in downtown Milwaukee. 
> Wouldn't the Harrison Street part of the caption be in error?
> 
> Another website mentioned that there was a yard on the Sout Site where 
> the city cars continued to Oklahoma: Double-truck car 357 from St. Louis 
> Car Co. heads south on 5th street and is about to enter
> the yard at Harrison St. and enter private-right-of-way to the end of 
> the city car
> line at Oklahoma Ave.
> 
> http://www.trainweb.org/twerhs/northshore.html
> 
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/19/2011 10:07 AM, Don Ross wrote:
> > Harrison was the end of the street  running and it was a shop.  There
> > was a large wooden station with a freight house.  The shop was 4
> > track plus another 4 or 5 tracks outside.  Attached to the shop was a
> > rotary converter.
> > There is a whole section on the North Shore on my site
> > <http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/indexcns.htm>http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/indexcns.htm
> >
> > Don
> >
> > At 07:14 AM 3/19/2011, you wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks. With the Schroeder Hotel in the background, I knew where it was.
> >> But was it called the Harrison Street station? There is a Harrison
> >> Street, south of Lincoln by the NSL ROW, though.
> >
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> Gary Schnabl
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