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Champaign photographer's railroad tower images on display

By Kirby Pringle
Sunday June 15, 2008

Robin Scholz

Ben Halpern sets up his view camera June 12 to take pictures at the Illinois Terminal in Champaign.

With their creaky stairs, coal-fired furnaces and windows open to the elements, railroad towers offered few of the comforts of home.

Sometimes they didn't even have running water.

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