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Then & Now: Bowman Dairy Company – Mokena

Workers are seen lined up between two freight cars for a picture along the dock platform. Wooden Bowman Dairy crates stacked are up behind the men. (Courtesy of)

Workers are seen lined up between two freight cars for a picture along the dock platform. Wooden Bowman Dairy crates stacked are up behind the men. (Courtesy of)

A view of the old factory location today looking southwest across the Rock Island tracks from the Wolf Road railroad crossing. Many local residents remember the plant’s 100-foot smokestack that once towered over the site since it was added to the plant in 1911. (Courtesy of)