Re: (rshsdepot) Largest arched shed query

["JIMBEAR" <ribear_@_cox.net>]

Pittsburgh, Jersey City and Chicago don't even come close for the largest shed
in the US.  The PRR's Broad Street Station in Philadelphia had a shed 300 feet
wide which was the widest single-span shed in the world. St.Louis Union Station
had a total span of 600 feet comprised of five smaller spans of  90, 139, 142,
139, & 90 feet, and South Station, Boston had a total span of 570 feet comprised
of only three spans of 171, 228, & 171.
The Hauptbahnhof in Leipzig, Germany (1915) was the widest multi-span shed in
the world at 984 feet comprised of 8 smaller spans of 49, 147 x 6, & 49

Sources:    The Railroad Station by Carroll L. V. Meeks
                  Railroad Stations     by  Brian Solomon

Jim.

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From: "Paul S. Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>
To: "RSHSDepot" <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 1:56 AM
Subject: (rshsdepot) Largest arched shed query


> The Wabash Pittsburgh arched shed brings up some shed questions...
>
> What was the largest arched rail shed in the US in history, was it
> Reading? The Jersey City Terminal? Something in Chicago?
>
> I think Reading was the largest extant until is closed to trains, ended
> its reign as a shed...., but which was largest ever in US, in the
> world,? Which today is the largest in US and the world, both still used
> and/or still standing? How many are remaining in the US, still RR used
> or just still standing? I know a lot still exist in Europe and
> elsewhere....I am only talking about the huge arched ones..there is even
> a new small one at Ostbahnhof on the S Bahn in Berlin
>
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> The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
> railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org
>


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