Re: (rshsdepot) Major RR Terminals in the US before 1900

[luckyshow_@_mindspring.com]

isn't St. Louis east of the Mississippi?

- -----Original Message-----
>From: James Kelling <james.kelling_@_nara.gov>
>Sent: Mar 9, 2007 9:32 AM
>To: rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net
>Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) Major RR Terminals in the US before 1900
>
>I stand corrected about Providence, glad to hear it's still standing! 
>Which reminds me, there is a recent book out, entitled, "Still Standing"
>about old train stations which have survived.  It's worth a read.  The
>CNJ terminal in Liberty State Park, Jersey City, is administered by the
>National Park Service; the Bush train shed also remains there.  I can't
>think of any pre-1900 major terminals west of the Mississippi River,
>except St. Louis Union Station (1894).
>
>J. Kelling 
>
>>>> ribear_@_cox.net 3/9/2007 8:51:43 AM >>>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>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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