Related Historical Markers

By Paul F, July 21, 2010

East Troy Railroad Marker

SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER

1 ► Wisconsin, Walworth County, East Troy — 190 — East Troy Railroad — Wisconsin’s Last Interurban Line —

The East Troy Railroad is the last vestige of Wisconsin’s once broad network of electric interurban railways. Concentrated in the southeastern quarter of the State this network once totaled approximately 385 miles of track. Most of the interurban . . . — — Map (db m80526) HM

2 ► Wisconsin, Ozaukee County, Cedarburg — 360 — Interurban Bridge / Riding the Interurban —

Interurban Bridge In 1907, the Milwaukee Northern Railway Company constructed this riveted-steel Thru Truss Bridge over Cedar Creek. Manufactured by Carnegie Steel and measuring 159 ft. long by 12 ft. wide by 20 ft. high, the bridge was . . . — — Map (db m80528) HM

3 ► Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, Westown — 234 — Milwaukee Interurban Terminal — 1905 - 1951 —

The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company opened its terminal here in 1905. The first car entered this building January 1, 1905. The first floor was the terminal area, with two waiting rooms and thirteen car tracks; it was then the . . . — — Map (db m80529) HM

4 ► Wisconsin, Waukesha County, New Berlin — 21-01 — Calhoun —

The arrival of the first trains through Calhoun on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad occurred in 1881. Milk, grain, sugar, beets, cattle, farm produce and hops went out on the trains, and brewers grains saloonkeepers, supplies, farms, machinery . . . — — Map (db m80530) HM

5 ► Wisconsin, Waukesha County, Pewaukee — 26-03 — Waukesha Beach Amusement Park —

On the 67 acres N & W of this marker was the former site of Waukesha Beach Amusement Park, which officially opened on June 25, 1895 with a swimming beach on Pewaukee Lake. It included the Palm Gardens ballroom, a hotel, 3 roller coasters, a fun . . . — — Map (db m80531) HM

6 ► Wisconsin, Waukesha County, Muskego — 19-04 — The Electric Interurban Muskego Centre Station —

Starting on Sept. 1, 1904 an electric interurban line operated by TMER&L (The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.) ran along this Muskego Recreation Trail. The line split at St. Martin’s Junction, with one running to Burlington and the other, the . . . — — Map (db m132907) HM