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Winona Station
Winona station, formerly known as the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Station, is a historic train station in Winona, Minnesota, United States. It is served by Amtrak's daily ''Empire Builder'' service. It was originally built in 1888 by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, known later as the Milwaukee Road. A former Milwaukee Road freight house also exists here. The station was designed by architect John T. W. Jennings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 as the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Station for having local significance in the theme of transportation. It was nominated for representing the development of train transportation in Minnesota with Winona as a major rail hub. Other stations for Winona Winona also had a Chicago and North Western Railroad depot that was located at 2nd and Huff. It was a two story brick station, "mildly Queen Anne in style" Originally built in the late 1880s for the Winona and St. Pe ...
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Winona, Minnesota
Winona is a city in and the county seat of Winona County, in the state of Minnesota. Located in bluff country on the Mississippi River, its most noticeable physical landmark is Sugar Loaf. The city is named after legendary figure Winona, who some sources claimed was the first-born daughter of Chief Wapasha of the Dakota people. The population was 25,948 at the 2020 census. History The city of Winona began on the site of a Native American village named Keoxa. The seat of the Wapasha dynasty, Keoxa was home to a Mdewakanton band of the eastern Sioux. European immigrants settled the area in 1851 and laid out the town into lots in 1852 and 1853. The original settlers were immigrants from New England.Minnesota: A State Guide page 263 The population increased from 815 in December, 1855, to 3,000 in December, 1856. In 1856 German immigrants arrived as well. The Germans and the Yankees worked together planting trees and building businesses based on lumber, wheat, steamboa ...
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Winona Junction Rail Station
Buffalo is a town in Buffalo County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 705 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of Bluff Siding, East Winona, and Marshland are located in the town. Geography Buffalo occupies the southern end of Buffalo County and is bordered by the Mississippi River, which forms the state line with Minnesota, to the southwest and by the Trempealeau River, which forms the border with Trempealeau County, to the east. The town is connected by the North Channel Bridge and Main Channel Bridge across the Mississippi River to the city of Winona, Minnesota. The city of Fountain City, Wisconsin, borders the northwest edge of the town. The city of Buffalo City is unrelated to the town and is located to the northwest. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 18.53%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2010, there were 705 people, 285 households, and 205 families residing ...
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Railway Stations In The United States Opened In 1888
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer facilit ...
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Railway Stations On The National Register Of Historic Places In Minnesota
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer facili ...
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National Register Of Historic Places In Winona County, Minnesota
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Winona County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Winona County, Minnesota, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. There are 48 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. A supplementary list includes four additional sites that were formerly listed on the National Register. Current listings Former listings See also * List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota * National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota References External links Minnesota National Register Properties Database€”Minnesota Historical Society {{National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Winona Count ...
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Buildings And Structures In Winona, Minnesota
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much artistic ...
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Amtrak Stations In Minnesota
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada. ''Amtrak'' is a portmanteau of the words ''America'' and ''trak'', the latter itself a sensational spelling of ''track''. Founded in 1971 as a quasi-public corporation to operate many U.S. passenger rail routes, Amtrak receives a combination of state and federal subsidies but is managed as a for-profit organization. The United States federal government, through the Secretary of Transportation, owns all the company's issued and outstanding preferred stock. Amtrak's headquarters is located one block west of Union Station in Washington, D.C. Amtrak serves more than 500 destinations in 46 states and three Canadian provinces, operating more than 300 trains daily over of track. Amtrak owns approximately of this track and operates an additi ...
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National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Winona County, Minnesota
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Winona County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Winona County, Minnesota, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. There are 48 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. A supplementary list includes four additional sites that were formerly listed on the National Register. Current listings Former listings See also * List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota * National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota References External links Minnesota National Register Properties Database€”Minnesota Historical Society {{National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Winona Count ...
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East Winona, Wisconsin
East Winona is an unincorporated community in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States, located where Canadian National Railway subsidiary Wisconsin Central Ltd.'s former Green Bay and Western Railroad line meets the BNSF Railway's St. Croix Subdivision The St. Croix Subdivision or St. Croix Sub is an American rail line operated by the BNSF Railway. It runs approximately from La Crosse, Wisconsin to Saint Paul, Minnesota, following the Mississippi River. It runs through the communities of La Cro .... East Winona is located in the town of Buffalo. Notes Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Buffalo County, Wisconsin Former Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad stations {{BuffaloCountyWI-geo-stub ...
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Main Channel Bridge (Winona)
Main Channel Bridge (Winona) consists of a pair of bridges, the original cantilever bridge, and a concrete box girder bridge completed in 2016, that span the main channel of the Mississippi River in the United States between Winona, Minnesota, and Latsch Island. Another bridge, the North Channel Bridge, connects the island to rural Buffalo County, Wisconsin, Buffalo County, Wisconsin. The bridge carries Minnesota State Highway 43, which continues as Wisconsin Highway 54 at the Minnesota/Wisconsin state line on the nearby North Channel Bridge; in Winona, it connects to Winona Street. Construction on the original cantilever bridge was started just before the U.S. entered World War II, and the construction was hastened to finish in November 1942, despite labor shortages, difficulty obtaining materials, and high water. It was built in 1941–1942 by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). On May 17, 2008, the United States Postal Service announced that the bridge woul ...
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Buffalo, Buffalo County, Wisconsin
Buffalo is a town in Buffalo County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 705 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of Bluff Siding, East Winona, and Marshland are located in the town. Geography Buffalo occupies the southern end of Buffalo County and is bordered by the Mississippi River, which forms the state line with Minnesota, to the southwest and by the Trempealeau River, which forms the border with Trempealeau County, to the east. The town is connected by the North Channel Bridge and Main Channel Bridge across the Mississippi River to the city of Winona, Minnesota. The city of Fountain City, Wisconsin, borders the northwest edge of the town. The city of Buffalo City is unrelated to the town and is located to the northwest. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 18.53%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2010, there were 705 people, 285 households, and 205 families residing ...
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Winona Rail Bridge
The Winona Rail Bridge was a swing bridge that spanned the Mississippi River between Winona, Minnesota, and Winona Junction in Buffalo, Buffalo County, Wisconsin. It was built to link the Winona and St. Peter Railroad with the La Crosse, Trempealeau & Prescott Railroad. Both became part of the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company (C&NW). The swing span was removed, but the box girder portion of the bridge still extends from Latsch Island just downstream of the current Main Channel Bridge. Piers from the original 1871 bridge and the box girders are in the North Channel just downstream of the current North Channel Bridge. History Temporary bridge On December 29, 1870, the Mississippi River was bridged by the first Winona Rail Bridge, a temporary bridge built in 4 days that connected with the La Crosse, Trempealeau & Prescott Railroad. The La Crosse, Trempealeau & Prescott, another enterprise of the C&NW, chartered to build from a point across the riv