(rshsdepot) Fort Madison, IA

[Bernie Wagenblast <brwagenblast_@_comcast.net>]

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Museum preparing for railroad buffs

Julie Nickell
Staff Writer - Fort Madison Daily Democrat

Workers have finished fixing flood damage at the North Lee County Historical
Society's museum complex in Riverview Park.
A group of 40 railroad enthusiasts from California is expected to tour the
mission-style former Santa Fe Railroad passenger depot and its artifacts on
Friday, March 8, said historical society board member Sheila Sallen.

Volunteers currently are racing against time to ready the museum's displays.

Water poured in last summer when Mississippi River floodwater, measured at
21.9 feet in Fort Madison, broke over a raised railroad bed and sandbags.

Ironically, one of the group's two museums, a former freight house, is
dedicated to memorabilia from the 1993 flood.

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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org

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