24.82

Print, Photographic

1950 Approximate

C & NW Railroad Roundhouse Aerial View. 9 1/2" x 7 1/2" black and white photograph, an aerial view of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad roundhouse at Waseca, circa early 1950s; roundhouse burned down in 1953; located south of where Lake Shore Inn Nursing Home is located at present (1999) across Highway 14; part of the foundation still exists. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. C & NW Railroad.

Waseca was a C & NW Chicago and North Western division point, or a place where engines were serviced. The roundhouse and car shops were built in 1881 and for many years provided Waseca's largest payroll. Engines were repaired at the roundhouse while cars went on the "riptrack" to the shops for repair. The roundhouse burned in 1953.