Prince Crossing, Substation #5 of the Chicago Aurora & Elgin - History - Part 1

In this video series, we investigate the Prince Crossing station, located in West Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois. Prince Crossing station served as both a flag stop and an electric substation for the Aurora Elgin and Chicago electric interurban, which later became the Chicago Aurora and Elgin railroad. In this first video, we examine the history of the Prince Crossing site and station, from its origins as the Ingalton station, to its present debilitated state, being in imminent danger of being torn down. Thank you for watching! Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE & SHARE to support our channel! Brian & Joyce IMAGE CREDITS (in order of appearance) Julie Johnson Collection Engineering News, archive.org Street Railway Review, archive.org Electric Railway Journal, archive.org Street Railway Journal, archive.org Naperville Public Library, idaillinois.org Illinois Digital Archives, idaillinois.org John F Humiston Collection, Shore Line Interurban Historical Society Railroad Glory Days, railroadglorydays.com historyonthefox.wordpress.com www.newspapers.com (Chicago Tribune, The InterOcean, Harrisburg Telegraph, Daily Chronicle, The Dispatch, Daily Herald) AI - Bing Image Creator National Magazine, archive.org Facebook (Jeff Macri, Ted Wefel) West Chicago Historical Society Modern Hospital, archive.org American Journal for Care of Cripples, archive.org www.findagrave.com (Lori Reiss, Patrica Sprigings Dominicci) AI - tencentarc David Sadowski, thetrolleydodger.com Whitney-Graham Company, archive.org www.wikimedia.org Caryl Haskins www.artnet.com Electric Railway Review, archive.org Larry Plachno, Sunset Lines - the Story of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad, 1986 www.ebay.com James Dufour Collection, DuPage County History Museum Jerry Hund CAE Boy, www.flickr.com Barry Lennon DuPage County Recorder, www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/recorder Ann Mehrman Illinois Prairie Path Newletter Archives, www.ipp.org City of West Chicago, westchicago.org DuPage County Parcel Map, gis.dupageco.org/parcelviewer/ Wheaton Academy, wheatonacademy.org Signarama West Chicago, www.signarama.com MUSIC CREDITS Opening Theme, Edit of two sound files from www.freesound.org Huge Electric Motor (180500) by Sclolex, CC0 Resonance of the Gods (139050) by anankalisto) License: Attribution 4.0 Source: https://freesound.org/s/139050/ Begegnung (Romeos Erbe) by Sascha Ende License: https://filmmusic.io/en/standard-license Source: https://filmmusic.io/en/song/2971-beg... Drone in D by Kevin MacLeod License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Channel Intro 6 by Sascha Ende License: https://filmmusic.io/en/standard-license Source: https://filmmusic.io/en/song/12412-ch... Loop Paket 0001 by Sascha Ende License: https://filmmusic.io/en/standard-license Source: https://filmmusic.io/en/song/40-loop-... SFX CREDITS (FS = www.freesound.org) Combo Edit: Excavation (133424) by gerardhadders, FS, CC0); Bat Hitting (118325) by mzoern1, FS, License: Sampling+, Source: https://freesound.org/s/118325/; and Anvil Hit 2 (270588) by michorvath, FS, CC0 Workers in the Street (495331) by arnaud coutancier, FS License: Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 Source: https://freesound.org/s/495331/ Square-buzz (158719) by Headphaze, FS License: Attribution 4.0 Source: https://freesound.org/s/158719/ Metro subway Montreal flourescent light buzz neon tunnel (450900) by kyles, FS, CC0 Cow (58277) by Benboncan, FS License: Attribution 4.0 Source: https://freesound.org/s/58277/ #07 Farmstead II by BBC Water-wheel (566463) by blackatomproductions, FS, CC0 #28 children chattering quietly by BBC #06 Farmstead by BBC S10-33 large group of kids talk and laugh outside (675110) by craigsmith, FS, CC0 Cash Register (201159) by kiddpark License: Attribution 4.0 Source: https://freesound.org/s/201159/ CarStartSkidCrash (131385) by musicmasta1, FS, CC0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many thanks to the James Slattery and Jerry Hund - and to the "Stations of the Chicago Aurora & Elgin" Facebook group. TABLE OF CONTENTS 00:00:00 Titles and Intro 00:01:02 Sources 00:01:25 Power Station & Flag Stop 00:05:42 Home for Children 00:10:12 Insull and PSCNI 00:15:03 New Neighbors 00:17:03 IPP and New Owners 00:20:46 Wheaton Academy Acquisitions 00:23:21 Next Episode and Closing COPYRIGHT © 2025 EASTMONT MEDIA ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. #history #prehistory #archeology #Illinois #DuPage #WestChicago #PrinceCrossing #Ingalton #CA&E #AE&C #ChicagoAurora&Elgin #substation #interurban #railroad #trolley