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Union Station

Union Station
Society: ASCE Main Category: Civil Sub Category: Buildings Era: 1890-1899 DateCreated: 1894 1820 Market Street
St. Louis State: MS Zip: Country: USA Website: http://www.asce.org/Project/Union-Station/ Creator: Link, Theodore , Pegram, George

In the early 1900s, Union Station was the hub of passenger railroad traffic in the central United States. It was one of the first stations to serve as a centralized terminal for multiple railroad lines. It originally served 22 rail lines; 13 from the east and nine from the west.

YearAdded:
1981
Image Credit: Courtesy Flickr/Ron Reiring (CC BY 2.0) Image Caption: Union Station Era_date_from: 1894
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Union Station

In the early 1900s, Union Station was the hub of passenger railroad traffic in the central United States. It was one of the first stations to serve as a centralized terminal for multiple railroad lines. It originally served 22 rail lines; 13 from the east and nine from the west.

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