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Re: (rshsdepot) Major RR Terminals in the US before 1900
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From: "James Kelling" <james.kelling_@_nara.gov>
To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) Major RR Terminals in the US before 1900
>I don't know of a site, but here are some:
>
> Providence Union Station (RI), gone
Wrong. The 1848 Providence & Worcester/Boston & Providence/New
York, Providence & Boston station was lost in a fire in 1892; HOWEVER,
the 1896 Union Station built by the New Haven still exists. Amtrak moved
to a newly-built station in the late 1980s and the old station was renovated
with restaurants on the lower floors and office space on the upper floors.
One interesting note : one of the five buildings in the complex was destroyed
by a fire in the late 40s/early50s. A replica was built during the renovation to
restore the symmetry of the station complex as viewed from Kennedy Plaza.
http://www.artinruins.com/arch/stillinuse/unionstation/
Photos 1-3 are of the 1848 station, and 4-14 are the 1892 station before
its recent renovation. Photos 15 thru 23 are after the renovations. Parking
lots and a Marriott Courtyard hotel are located where the tracks used to be.
As an added bonus, the section of Francis Street (which used to pass under
the station) between the station and Kennedy Plaza has been converted into
an outdoor skating rink sponsored by Fleet Bank (now Bank Of America)
http://www.providenceskating.com/
Here's another good picture. The river in the foreground used to be covered
over with viaducts and parking lots. The eight-floor Courtyard hotel was built
match the original station buildings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Waterplacepark.JPG
The present Amtrak Northeast Corridor now passes thru a tunnel almost directly
under the camera's location.
Jim.
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