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Union Depot

 

same as Watertown Junction Depot

 

The Junction

 

The Junction was the location of Union Depot near Depot and Lafayette streets; the depot was demolished in 1994

 

1873

08 14          Artesian well near the Junction; highly magnetic and possessing rare and extraordinary medicinal properties   WD

 

1907

01 16          Train wreck at the Junction; Northwestern and C.M.&St.P. Ry. freight trains.

 

1908

10 02          Bryan Passes Through Watertown

10 23          Train wreck at the Junction; C.&N.W. Ry. and C.M.&St.P. Ry. freight trains.   WG

 

Train wreck, Watertown Junction              WHS_005_105

 

1909

Sept         President Taft, train stop at the Junction 

 

1994

11 02          Demolition Watertown's old depot [Union Depot] at the west end of Depot Street is being razed.  The building has been in a state of disrepair for years, and with the completion of a smaller railroad office on nearby property, the decision was made to raze it.  For decades the depot was used for passengers on the old Milwaukee Road and the Chicago and North Western lines.  The last Chicago and North Western passenger train to use the depot was in 1952 and the final Milwaukee Road passenger trains were in 1971 when Amtrak was born.  In recent years the depot was used for storage only.