 The last passenger service of the line was on March 15, 1932, the line having been in business for over a century.Freight runs on the line continued to 1935, mostly servicing the Lakefront land reclamation project work which made the line obsolete.USS Silica (IX-151)

USS "Silica" (IX-151), a designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for silica.