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I am currently reading H. Roger Grant's Railroads and the American People, in which he devotes a lengthy chapter on stations. The first union station was built in Indianapolis in 1853. Located in the heart of the city, it brought together facilities of several railroads, uniting them. The word "depot," a French term for storage places of goods, was considered irrelevant for such large buildings, which soon began to be built in other cities in which railroads connected. Many large and more permanent - built of brick or stone - structures were built, including Denver's, built in 1881 and rebuilt in 1913 to its present appearance. A number of these structures have been preserved, although no longer serving railroads. Denver Union Terminal is now under development for our Regional Transportation District for mass transit by light rail. On Oct 26, 2015 9:07 PM, "'Robert McNay' CptMatt@ameritech.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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