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Muscatine memory

By Angela Cotey | February 20, 2020

| Last updated on August 7, 2025

Culver Tower in Muscatine, Iowa, guarded the junction of Milwaukee Road and Rock Island main lines on the southwest side of town. From there trains operated on joint Milwaukee-Rock Island trackage to the Quad Cities. The tower, shown in 1950, closed in November 1977.
Robert Lawler photo

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