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WellsStDepot2

Galena Division Depot of the C&NW Railway

Photographer: C&NW Railway Co.
Location: SW corner Wells and Kinzie Streets Streets

The Galena & Chicago Union Railroad was the first railway station erected in the fall of 1848. The railroad grew so rapidly that a new station was built in 1852. A third story was added in 1863.