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The Chicago and Northwestern Railway, is a defunct railroad company that operated from 1859–1995. At its height the railroad operated more than 12,000 miles of track. States it travelled through included: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. C&NW was eventually bought in 1995 by Union Pacific Railroad
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway operated from 1868–1987, and serviced Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia. It included stops in Chicago, Cincinnati and Columbus, and Richmond, Va. It was also known as the C&O Railroad. Amtrak currently follows the path it established through the New River Gorge, in West Virginia.
The Medora Shale Brick Company was founded in 1904, and produced brick until the beginning of 1992. Originally 12 brick kilns were built on the site, but that number now stands at 10. Its been estimated that at one time, the plant produced 54,000 bricks a day, and employed as many as 50 people. Bricks from that plant were used in building projects throughout Indiana, as well as Chicago, Detroit, and numerous midwestern cities.
The plant, located in Medora (Jackson County), was named to the top 10 most endangered landmarks in Indiana, in 2004, by the Historic Landmarks Foundation.