Muddy, IL
SIR&P Co. Interurban System
Milepost: 5.76
Power Plant at Muddy
Harrisburg City Building
History
| Muddy Power Plant Specifications |
| 30 acres of land Concrete Stack: 8 ft by 150 ft 1,200 Volt Operation 2,500 KW Curtis Turbine with planned capacity of 7,500 KW Two 1250 KVA Curtis turbo-generator units with 35 KW motor-generator sets Three 250 KW water-cooled transformers Switchboard apparatus Four 400 hp Wickes boilers Murphy stokers Joor coal and ash handling apparatus |
Electric Railway Journal, April 3, 1915 Electric Traction, July 1912 The Smaller Electric Railways of Illinois by Central Electric Railfans’ Association, Bulletin 99, November, 1955 Digitizing sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Transit Journal, Volume 41 |
O'Gara Mine No. 12 at Muddy
Connected to Big 4
and SIR&P Company Railroads
Illinois Historical Aerial Photographs
SIR&P Co. Power Plant at Muddy During 1937 Flood
Harrisburg City Building
Electric Freight Engine at Muddy
The Smaller Electric Railways of Illinois by Central Electric Railfans’ Association
Bulletin 99, November, 1955.
Digitizing sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
O'Gara No. 12 Mine TIpple 2018
David Cantrell