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>> HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS
AROUND INDIANA BROUGHT TO YOU
BY CHAPMAN HEATING AIR
CONDITIONING AND PLUMBING. THE

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MAN FOR ALL SEASONS CHAPMAN.
CHAPMAN HEATING.COM.
IN THIS WEEK'S ENDANGERED
INDIANA WE VISIT THE LIMESTONE

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CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
AROUND INDIANA REPORTER
MARY-RACHEL REDMAN HAS MORE FROM
BEDFORD.

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>> IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH
NOW, WHEN WHEN THE STATION WAS
BUILT IN 1926, IT WAS A MAJOR
PLAYER IN SHIPPING THESE GIANT

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BLOCKS OF HIGHLY VALUED ROCK
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ULTIMATELY
PLAYING ITS OWN PART IN HELPING
GROW BEDFORD'S THEN BOOMING

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ECONOMY AS THE LIMESTONE CAPITAL
OF THE WORLD.
>> THIS BUILDING REALLY
REPRESENTS A HAY DAY OF

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INDIANA'S LIMESTONE PRODUCTION
AND FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION, AN
IMPORTANT PART OF THE HISTORY OF
THE COMMUNITY, THE HISTORY OF

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INDIANA, AND REALLY THE HISTORY
OF LIMESTONE IN THE UNITED
STATES.
>> INDIANA LIMESTONE IN AND

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AROUND BEDFORD IS SOME OF THE
FINEST IN THE COUNTRY AND EVEN
THE WORD, BEHIND ME IS EMPIRE
QUARRY, A LOT OF THE LIMESTONE

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HERE WAS USED TO BUILD THE
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING AND OTHER
ICONIC AMERICAN STRUCTURES LIKE
THE PENTAGON.

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>> WE HOW MANY PASSENGER DEPOTS
IN INDIANA LET ALONE IN THE
COUNTRY ARE BUILT OF LIMESTONE
AND HAVE A TILE ROOF. YOU KNOW,

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FOR A BUILDING THAT WAS PRETTY
MUCH A UTILITARIAN STRUCTURE,
BUT THE BEAUTY HERE IS JUST
REMARKABLE.

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>> THIS IS THE ENTRYWAY FOR THE
PUBLIC INTO THE PUBLIC WAITING
STATION.
>> THE BUILDING ALSO DOUBLED AS

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A PASSENGER STATION FOR THE
MONAN RAILROAD.
>> IT WAS THE MAIN LINE IN AND
OUT OF BEDFORD FOR PROBABLY 50

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TO 75 YEARS.
>> ANYBODY THAT WANTED TO GO TO
CHICAGO, THIS WAS THE EASY PLACE
TO GET ON AND TAKE THEM RIGHT TO

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DOWNTOWN CHICAGO, OR IF THEY
WANTED TO GO SOUTH TO
LOUISVILLE, IT WAS THE OTHER WAY
ON THE ROUTE. SO IT WAS A MAIN

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CONDUIT WHEN ROADS WEREN'T VERY
GOOD OF GETTING TO WHERE THE
MAJOR CITIES WERE.
>> THIS IS...

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>> HE WANTS TO IS HE MONAN
STATION USED AS A CONNECTOR TO
MAJOR CITIES AGAIN, ONLY THIS
TIME BY BIKE.

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>> WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS SEE
THIS AS BEING AN AREA THAT WOULD
BE ATTRACTIVE TO HIKERS AND
BICYCLISTS FROM FAR AWAY, BRING

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A NATIONAL BICYCLE ROUTE THROUGH
BEDFORD, AND BUILD A WALKWAY
FROM THE STATION HERE OVER TO
WHERE THE MILWAUKEE IS.

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>> THE MILWAUKEE HE IS REFERRING
TO IS THE MILWAUKEE ROAD
TRANSPORTATION TRAILWAY, A
CRUSHED LIMESTONE PATHWAY THAT

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STARTS DOWNTOWN BEDFORD AND WILL
EVENTUALLY STRETCH 20 MILES
THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA,
WHICH MAKES THIS MONAN STATION

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AN IDEAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY.
>> BEING ABLE TO ATTACH TO THE
TRAIL AND MAKE THE BUILDING

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ACTIVATED WITH SOMETHING GOING
ON INSIDE, THE STATISTICS SHOW
THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ON FOOT OR
BIKE TEND TO SPEND MORE MONEY

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WHEN THEY GO BY PLACES.
>> IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY
TO BRING AN ADAPTIVE REUSE OF
THIS HISTORIC STRUCTURE TO THE

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COMMUNITY, DOVETAILING IT WITH
INTEREST IN WALKING AND THE
TRAIL SYSTEMS THAT ARE BEING
DEVELOPED HERE IN THE COMMUNITY,

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THIS REALLY COULD BECOME A
LOCUST FOR ACTIVITY IN THE
COMMUNITY THAT COULD DRIVE
FURTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND

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REDEVELOPMENT IN THIS SECTION OF
DOWNTOWN.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT
LIMESTONE BUILDINGS OF INDIANA,

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AND FOR THAT REASON WE VERY MUCH