Home / Rockford Illinois history where the Woodward Governor Company was founded in 1870. 1654
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- On the bridge looking at the abandoned train yards and buildings that once employed many people years ago.
- Looking across the Tinker property at the abandoned train station.
- Taking a tour of the Rockford Brewery property along the Rock River in Rockford, Illinois.
- Taken from the Cliffbreakers in Rockford
- 1939 view of a Firestone Dealer in Rockford Ill
- The Od Woodward factory in the water power district with the abandoned train station in the foreground
- Looking at the Tinker barn and the abandoned Nelson Knitting Company in 2010
- A data plaque from my 1988 tour of the Tinker Cottage property.
- Walking on the Tinker property looking at an Indian mound.
- Across the river from the cottage
- Taking a tour of the Rockford Brewery property along the Rock River in Rockford, Illinois.
- Looking up river on Kent creek
- Taking a history tour of the remodeled Rockford Brewery building in Rockford, Illinois.
- A Nelson Knitting machine on display in the Tinker Cottage. The Nelson factory is(abandoned) on the Tinker property.
- A Nelson Knitting machine on display in the Tinker Cottage.