I have uploaded an Industry List & Track Map for Clinton, MO. Sorry I do not have a date but estimate it to be 1920's-30's.
On a different thread the question was asked "What drew 3 railroads to the Clinton, MO area?" My answer was coal - but the 1911 map of Clinton which I posted didn't really make that point. These maps show the area just west of Clinton at the same time period, ca. 1911. Clinton was actually in what was considered a 'barren area' (no coal). These areas are common in the mountainous Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas areas of the coal region. The maps show that heavy coal mining had already been undertaken - and many of the mines already abandoned, prior to 1911 in the area just west of Clinton.
I'm going to guess coal played a major role in attracting three railroads to Clinton too. There was major coal mining in Henry County way into the late 1970's or early 80's. All strip mining at that time. Peabody operated three large strip mines. Reliance Mine was NW of Clinton at Harvey on the SLSF. Tebo Mine was NE of Clinton near Calhoun on the MKT. And Power Mine was SW of Clinton near Montrose on the MKT and provided coal for the KCPL power plant at Montrose. Coal from West Central Missouri was very high sulfer. Clinton was and still is in the middle of a busy agricultural area and had flour mills and grain elevators. Deepwater, just south of Clinton had a major clay tile and pipe plant. My grandma who lived in Deepwater for a time said it may have employed up to 1000 men. The tile plant shows up on some Sanborn maps and is massive. The tile plant plays a major role in the Leaky Roof nickname. And the KCCS and KCOS were built as competing lines and were racing to get to Osceola, MO and the Osage River. Osceola's significance was that it was about as far upstream on the Osage as riverboats could navigate and then only when the river was running high. Maybe there was speculation that Osage River navigation would be improved and Osceola would become a major shipping center. Logical routing of these competing lines from Kansas City would take them through Clinton. This is just speculation on my part. If Mike Good is on here he could give us a much clearer history. Dale Rush Carthage, MO
At this point doing research may model a portion of the subdivision!|-| Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tthanks again!!!!
Folks- Will post here in lieu of a new thread... Does anyone know of good sources of photos of the Armour & Co. and Clinton Ice and Cold Storage buildings? They are spots 15 and 16 on the map Dale shared. I think I've nearly exhausted my search efforts here and elsewhere; I have seen photos that show portions of buildings,but that's it. I'm hoping to start a small module of this area to try out handlaying track. In time, it will become part of bigger layout Best Regards,
