Peoria Terminal Railway stock certificate c1890 (Illinois) 

Nice IL short line piece. Unusual vignette of a large warehouse building (similar to period grain elevators) with ship loading by farmers bringing their crops.  Unissued and not cancelled. Circa 1890 from incorporation. Dated 189_ on the cert. Approximately 11 x 8 inches. 

The Peoria Terminal Railway Company was incorporated on February 17, 1885, and it acquired a right-of-way for its belt line from Walnut Street to Iowa Junction along the west side of the Illinois River. Construction of the line began on 1892, and the laying of its double-track line, mostly built on trestlework as far as the Peoria & Pekin Union bridge, began on March 11, 1893 and was completed on May 27.

The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific (CRI&P) leased the trackage for 999 years on November 26, 1894. In 1903 the Peoria Terminal was sold to the Rock Island & Peoria Railroad, which was immediately purchased by the CRI&P. After that, the trestlework was gradually filled in with ballast.

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