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Kenosha, Wisconsin – Yesterday & Today

 

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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 railroad-served industry in Kenosha – The American Salt Co., which is located on the site of the former N.S. Koos & Sons Co.  Special thanks to Captain Wally Lindemann for sending us this interesting piece of history.    (General Revision – 05/15/10)

 

Industry

Product

Serving Railroad

American Brass Co.

Copper & Brass Products

C&NW

Arenson Foundry Co.

Grey Iron Castings

C&NW

Badger Fuel Co.

Fuel

C&NW

Baldwin Coal Co.

Fuel

C&NW

J.W. Cable Coal Co.

Fuels

CNS&M

Leo Cicchini Coal & Coke

Fuels

C&NW

Cities Service Oil Co.

Petroleum Products

C&NW-CNS&M

City Lumber & Supply Co.

Building Material

CNS&M

Consumers Co.

Fuels

C&NW

Co-Op Consumers Co.

Fuels

C&NW

Coopers, Inc.

Men’s Wear

C&NW

Dynamatic Corp.

Machinery

C&NW

Economy Coal Co.

Fuels

C&NW

Frost Manufacturing Co.

Brass Plumbing Fixtures

C&NW

Gallo Oil Co.

Petroleum Products

C&NW

Goldman Iron & Metal Co.

Scrap Metal

C&NW

Gordon Lumber & Supply Co.

Building Material

CNS&M

Haas Coal & Dock Co.

Fuel

C&NW

Home Lumber Co

Building Materials

CNS&M

Hanson Storage Co.

Storage

CNS&M

Holderness Coal Co.

Fuel

CNS&M

Holms Manufacturing Co.

Metal Stampings

C&NW

Hub Fuel Co.

Fuel

C&NW

Imperial Fuel Co.

Fuel

C&NW

Independent Fuel Co.

Fuel

C&NW

Jacobs, Peters & Sons Co.

Grains, Feeds & Flours

C&NW

Johnston Fuel Co.   **

Fuel

C&NW

Kenosha, City of

City Government

C&NW

Kenosha, County of

County Government

C&NW

Kenosha Boiler & Structural Co.

Structural Iron

C&NW

Kenosha Brick Co.

Building Materials

CNS&M

Kenosha County Oil Co.

Petroleum Products

C&NW

Kenosha Full Fashion Mills

Knit Ware

C&NW

Kenosha Iron & Metals Co.

Scrap Metals

C&NW

Kenosha Lumber & Copal Co.

Building Material & Fuel

C&NW

Kenosha News Publishing Co.

Local Newspaper

C&NW

Kenosha Wholesale Grocery Co.

Wholesale Groceries

C&NW

N.S. Koos & Sons Co.   **

Fertilizer

C&NW

Kreger Brothers, Inc.

Fuels

C&NW

Lake Shore Candy Co.

Wholesale Candy

C&NW

Liberty Coal Co.

Fuels

C&NW

C.H  Lockwood, Inc.

Petroleum Products

CNS&M

Lockwitz Coal Co.

Fuels

C&NW

Samuel Lowe & Co.

Book Publisher

C&NW

Frank Luxem & Co.

Wholesale Fruits & Vegetables

C&NW

MacWhyte Co.   **

Wire Rope

C&NW

Art May Beer Distribution Co.

Beverages

C&NW

McNeil Fuel Co.

Fuels

C&NW-CNS&M

Moriarity Manufacturing Co.

Hardware

C&NW

Nash-Kelvinator Corp.

Automobiles

C&NW-CNS&M

National Cylinder Gas Co.

Industrial Gasses

C&NW

David Nelson & Son   **

Storage

C&NW

North Shore Fuel & Supply Co.

Fuels

CNS&M

Paramount Fuel Co.

Fuel

C&NW

Peacock Co.

 

CNS&M

D.B. Pedley & Son

Petroleum Products

C&NW

P. Peerbolte Co.

 

CNS&M

Peter Pirsch & Sons   **

Fire Fighting Equipment

C&NW

Phillips Petroleum Co.

Petroleum Products

C&NW

Quaker Stretcher Co.

Curtain Stretchers

C&NW

Sheridan Fuel Co.

Fuels

C&NW

Simmons Co.   **

Metal Furniture

C&NW

Snap-On Tools Co.

Tools

C&NW-CNS&M

Southern States Coal Co.

Fuels

C&NW-CNS&M

Southport Lumber Co.

Building Materials

C&NW

Specialty Brass Co.

Dairy Products

C&NW

Standard Coal Co.

Fuels

C&NW

Standard Oil Co.

Petroleum Products

C&NW

Thompson Co.

Cement Building Block

C&NW

Thompson Gasoline Alleys

Petroleum Products

CNS&M

Tri-Clover Machine Co.

Hardware

C&NW

Veenstra Lumber & Supply Co.

Building Material

C&NW

Vincent McCall Co.

Metal Furniture

C&NW

Washington Road Lumber & Fuel Co.

Lumber & Fuel

CNS&M

Wisconsin Fuel & Lumber Co.

Lumber & Fuel

CNS&M

Wisconsin Fuel & Supply Co.

Fuels

CNS&M

**  Still being served in 1981

 

 

 

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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Revised:  05/15/10

 

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