(
Satellite, the Montessori School was built on the yard's land)
Robert Daly
posted a photo of this view before they installed the fence across the tracks. And there was not as much rock on the tracks.
A
d.w.davidson Flickr of C&NW shoving empty gons into Tempel Steel's building.
Tempel Steel still exists. The red curve shows the remnant we see in the above street view. The yellow curve is another obvious remnant because of the "chopped" building and the track still showing.
They have 60+ presses rated up to 60+ tons. [
tempel] They specialize in laminations for motors and generators.
They were founded in 1945. [
history] That would explain why a lot of the land in this aerial was yet to be developed. Rosehill Yard is along the right side of the aerial.
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| 1953 Chicago Loop Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 |
I include the scale in this excerpt to show that the lead to this yard descends from an elevated track to grade level in just a couple-hundred feet.
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