In this video series, we investigate the Prince Crossing station, located in West Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois. Prince Crossing station served as both a flag stop and an electric substation for the Aurora Elgin and Chicago electric interurban, which later became the Chicago Aurora and Elgin railroad. In this first video, we examine the history of the Prince Crossing site and station, from its origins as the Ingalton station, to its present debilitated state, being in imminent danger of being torn down.
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Brian & Joyce
IMAGE CREDITS (in order of appearance)
- Julie Johnson Collection
- Engineering News, archive.org
- Street Railway Review, archive.org
- Electric Railway Journal, archive.org
- Street Railway Journal, archive.org
- Naperville Public Library, idaillinois.org
- Illinois Digital Archives, idaillinois.org
- John F Humiston Collection, Shore Line Interurban Historical Society
- Railroad Glory Days, railroadglorydays.com
- historyonthefox.wordpress.com
- www.newspapers.com (Chicago Tribune, The InterOcean, Harrisburg Telegraph, Daily Chronicle, The Dispatch, Daily Herald)
- AI - Bing Image Creator
- National Magazine, archive.org
- Facebook (Jeff Macri, Ted Wefel)
- West Chicago Historical Society
- Modern Hospital, archive.org
- American Journal for Care of Cripples, archive.org
- www.findagrave.com (Lori Reiss, Patrica Sprigings Dominicci)
- AI - tencentarc
- David Sadowski, thetrolleydodger.com
- Whitney-Graham Company, archive.org
- www.wikimedia.org
- Caryl Haskins
- www.artnet.com
- Electric Railway Review, archive.org
- Larry Plachno, Sunset Lines - the Story of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad, 1986
- www.ebay.com
- James Dufour Collection, DuPage County History Museum
- Jerry Hund
- CAE Boy, www.flickr.com
- Barry Lennon
- DuPage County Recorder, www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/recorder
- Ann Mehrman
- Illinois Prairie Path Newletter Archives, www.ipp.org
- City of West Chicago, westchicago.org
- DuPage County Parcel Map, gis.dupageco.org/parcelviewer/
- Wheaton Academy, wheatonacademy.org
- Signarama West Chicago, www.signarama.com
MUSIC CREDITS
- Opening Theme, Edit of two sound files from www.freesound.org
Huge Electric Motor (180500) by Sclolex, CC0
Resonance of the Gods (139050) by anankalisto)
License: Attribution 4.0
Source: https://freesound.org/s/139050/
- Begegnung (Romeos Erbe) by Sascha Ende
License: https://filmmusic.io/en/standard-license
Source: https://filmmusic.io/en/song/2971-begegnung-romeos-erbe
- Drone in D by Kevin MacLeod
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200044
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
- Channel Intro 6 by Sascha Ende
License: https://filmmusic.io/en/standard-license
Source: https://filmmusic.io/en/song/12412-channel-intro-6
- Loop Paket 0001 by Sascha Ende
License: https://filmmusic.io/en/standard-license
Source: https://filmmusic.io/en/song/40-loop-paket-0001
SFX CREDITS (FS = www.freesound.org)
- Combo Edit: Excavation (133424) by gerardhadders, FS, CC0); Bat Hitting (118325) by mzoern1, FS, License: Sampling+, Source: https://freesound.org/s/118325/; and Anvil Hit 2 (270588) by michorvath, FS, CC0
- Workers in the Street (495331) by arnaud coutancier, FS
License: Attribution NonCommercial 3.0
Source: https://freesound.org/s/495331/
- Square-buzz (158719) by Headphaze, FS
License: Attribution 4.0
Source: https://freesound.org/s/158719/
- Metro subway Montreal flourescent light buzz neon tunnel (450900) by kyles, FS, CC0
- Cow (58277) by Benboncan, FS
License: Attribution 4.0
Source: https://freesound.org/s/58277/
- #07 Farmstead II by BBC
- Water-wheel (566463) by blackatomproductions, FS, CC0
- #28 children chattering quietly by BBC
- #06 Farmstead by BBC
- S10-33 large group of kids talk and laugh outside (675110) by craigsmith, FS, CC0
- Cash Register (201159) by kiddpark
License: Attribution 4.0
Source: https://freesound.org/s/201159/
- CarStartSkidCrash (131385) by musicmasta1, FS, CC0
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- Many thanks to the James Slattery and Jerry Hund - and to the "Stations of the Chicago Aurora & Elgin" Facebook group.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00:00 Titles and Intro
00:01:02 Sources
00:01:25 Power Station & Flag Stop
00:05:42 Home for Children
00:10:12 Insull and PSCNI
00:15:03 New Neighbors
00:17:03 IPP and New Owners
00:20:46 Wheaton Academy Acquisitions
00:23:21 Next Episode and Closing
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