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A Wisconsin & Southern train of grain empties rolls westbound on the Prairie Subdivision near Cross Plains, Wisconsin on a dismal November 29, 2019.
Appleton is a city in Outagamie (mostly), Calumet, and Winnebago counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. One of the Fox Cities, it is situated on the Fox River, 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Green Bay and 100 miles (160 km) north of Milwaukee. Appleton is the county seat of Outagamie County. The population was 72,623 at the 2010 census. Of this figure, 60,045 resided in Outagamie County, 11,088 in Calumet County, and 1,490 in Winnebago County. Appleton is the principal city of the Appleton, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin Combined Statistical Area. Appleton is home to the two tallest buildings in Outagamie County, the Zuelke Building and the 222 Building, at 168 and 183 feet, respectively. Appleton serves as the heart of the Fox River Valley, and is home to the Fox Cities Exhibition Center, Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Fox River Mall, Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium, Appleton International Airport, and the Valley's two major hospitals: St. Elizabeth Hospital and ThedaCare Regional Medical Center–Appleton (better known as "Appleton Medical Center"). It also hosts a large number of regional events such as its Flag Day parade, Memorial Day parade, Christmas parade, Octoberfest, Mile of Music, and others.
A Wisconsin Central northbound freight has just finished its switching in Neenah and is pumping up it's air to be ready to depart for Stevens Point. How I wish I would have spent more time around this railroad.
nrhp # 80000172- St. Peter's and St. Joseph's Catholic Churches are two historic Catholic churches in Oconto, Wisconsin, United States, both built in the 1890s. On November 10, 1980, they were added together to the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Oconto has a long history of French involvement, going back to the Jesuit missionary Allouez and fur-trading days.[3] In 1857 the Catholic church established its first parish in Oconto, St Peter's, building a small wooden church. Initially the congregation was heavily French-American, and the French language was used in services.[2]
But there were also non-French Catholics. Over time their numbers grew and they weren't satisfied with the French dominance at St Peter's. In 1869 100 families split off under Father Mathias Schwebach and formed St. Joseph's parish. Most of these families had German, Dutch or Irish roots. To hold the more diverse congregation together, services rotated between English, Dutch, German and Bohemian. Like St. Peter's, St. Joseph's initially built a small wooden church building.[2]
But the parishes grew. In 1895 St. Joseph's replaced the wooden building with the brick church that stands today. Carlos Buck of Green Bay designed the new building in High Victorian Gothic style.[4] From the rough stone foundation rise cream brick walls highlighted with red brick trim. Brick buttresses brace the walls. The main entrances on the front are three double doors. Above the central door is a stout tower braced by flying buttresses. The tower rises to a pyramidal spire with four smaller spires on the corners. The large central spire is topped with a cross.[2] Behind the tower, an octagonal roof lantern perches where the gables cross. Inside, the ceiling is decorated with ornamental plaster work. When the church was built, various national groups donated stained glass windows depicting their favored saints.[2]
In 1899, four years after St. Joseph's built, St. Peter's replaced their wooden church with a brick one. This one was designed by Henry Foeller of Green Bay, done in Romanesque Revival style.[5] Typical of that style, the foundation is rusticated stone and the arches are round-topped. It is all in red brick, with arcades and emphasis on the vertical. Above the one main front entrance is a tall central tower, with a conical spire topped with a cross. The apse at the back of the building is lit by oculi windows.
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Wisconsin & Southern train T007 charges across the Rock River near Edgerton, Wisconsin with 40 flats of military vehicles bound for interchange with the BNSF at Crawford, Wisconsin on February 20, 2022.
Right on the edge of the residential area of Monroe, Wisconsin is this neat little hobby store. It carries mostly things for model railroading but has supplies for many aspects of other modeling interests.
Soo Line 1003 blasts off from its home in Hartford, Wisconsin on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 2018.
Went shooting today, not much of a sunset because it was overcast but I stuck around to see what dusk would bring. Clouds were booking, so I think the blue came through in the long exposure (obviously boosted but not as much as you'd think). HDR 3xp.
The Bad River as seen from one of the bridges at Copper Falls state park. I just love doing this kind of thing!
Here in Wisconsin, vintage wood framed barns of many designs are still common, but those constructed almost entirely of fieldstone are somewhat rare. – This beauty that has stood the test of time very well is located off a country road near the tiny town of Little Kohler. – October 2023 ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
CPKC train 149, led by the Hapag-Lloyd/Saint John Express unit, charges thru Doylestown, Wisconsin on March 31, 2025.
113 E Mifflin St.
There's a fairly extensive history on the theater's website, but the short version is that the 1906 building took on its current appearance in 1969 when it became the Esquire Theater. It became the Bartell Theatre in the mid-90s.
bartelltheatre.org/information/the-history-of-the-bartell...
In response to a B&W photo challenge on Facebook by Eric Dugan [www.flickr.com/photos/ericdugan/] and Jay Huang[www.flickr.com/photos/50663863@N02/] I converted the Door County road shot to monochrome and played with the contrasts. Any thoughts on this vs. the color version? Very different effects.