IC 51st Street Tower (closed) (Chicago, Illinois)
| railway, interlocking tower
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railway, interlocking tower
Long closed Illinois Central interlocking tower built in the 20's with the electrification project and closed in the 60's when the interlocking was rationalized and reduced to a pair of crossovers remote from 67th St Tower.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°48'15"N 87°35'17"W
- Norfolk Southern 63rd Street (Park Manor) Yard 4 km
- Norfolk Southern 47th Street Yard 4.4 km
- CSX 59th Street Intermodal Terminal 7.8 km
- The Loop (Chicago Transit Authority) 10 km
- BNSF Corwith Yard & Intermodal Facility 12 km
- Union Pacific's California Avenue Yard, and Metra's "Western Avenue" / Milwaukee District Facilities 14 km
- UP 40th Ave Yard 16 km
- BNSF Clyde Yard 17 km
- Pacific Junction (Tower A-5) 17 km
- CN Schiller Park Intermodal Yard 30 km
- Indian Village neighborhood 0.3 km
- Harold Washington Park 0.5 km
- Kenwood 0.7 km
- Hyde Park 1.1 km
- The University of Chicago 1.7 km
- Midway Plaisance 2 km
- Jackson Park Lagoon 2.1 km
- The University of Chicago Hospitals 2.1 km
- Jackson Park 2.5 km
- Burnham Park 2.9 km