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Re: (rshsdepot) Major RR Terminals in the US before 1900
St Louis is on the west bank of the muddy Mississippi.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: luckyshow_@_mindspring.com
Date: Friday, March 9, 2007 10:23 am
Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) Major RR Terminals in the US before 1900
To: rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net
> isn't St. Louis east of the Mississippi?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: James Kelling
> >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"
> >To:
> >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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Jim Dent
Oakland, NJ
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