Henry Purcell
Shown at left is a photo of Henry Edward Purcell, signal maintainer for the Milwaukee Roads Terre Haute division. He is standing next to the new pipelines being installed for the new tower at West Dana, Indiana. The old 2-story tower is seen at far left along with the new 1-story tower behind it. Allegedly, the 2-story tower had a bad fire and they replaced it with the new tower. The date of the photo is unknown as is the photographer. The article on his retirement is at right and was taken from the Momence Progress Reporter and dated February 20th, 1960. I knew the family and I have the desk he used in his shanty, which may have been at Delmar where he worked out of. Henry was loved by everyone and was a great guy.
The view is looking north along the Milwaukee Road with the B&O (nee-CH&D) crossing in the background.
In John Barrigers photo of West Dana in or around 1936, the 2-story tower can be seen. The image is reversed but looking the same direction.
www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/12347318794/in/albu...
So the photo of Henry was taken some time after, possibly in the 1940's.
Henry Purcell
Shown at left is a photo of Henry Edward Purcell, signal maintainer for the Milwaukee Roads Terre Haute division. He is standing next to the new pipelines being installed for the new tower at West Dana, Indiana. The old 2-story tower is seen at far left along with the new 1-story tower behind it. Allegedly, the 2-story tower had a bad fire and they replaced it with the new tower. The date of the photo is unknown as is the photographer. The article on his retirement is at right and was taken from the Momence Progress Reporter and dated February 20th, 1960. I knew the family and I have the desk he used in his shanty, which may have been at Delmar where he worked out of. Henry was loved by everyone and was a great guy.
The view is looking north along the Milwaukee Road with the B&O (nee-CH&D) crossing in the background.
In John Barrigers photo of West Dana in or around 1936, the 2-story tower can be seen. The image is reversed but looking the same direction.
www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/12347318794/in/albu...
So the photo of Henry was taken some time after, possibly in the 1940's.