Union Terminal Station
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This photograph was taken around 1934 and shows Union Terminal Station which was completed in 1933 and cost $41 million to build. With the decline of the railroad industry the building was closed down in the 1970’s. However, in 1990 the building was re-opened as what is known today as the Cincinnati Museum Center. For more information about Union Terminal Station visit: http://www.cincymuseum.org/union-terminal
This photograph was taken around 1934 and shows Union Terminal Station which was completed in 1933 and cost $41 million to build. With the decline of the railroad industry the building was closed down in the 1970’s. However, in 1990 the building was re-opened as what is known today as the Cincinnati Museum Center. For more information about Union Terminal Station visit: http://www.cincymuseum.org/union-terminal
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-61272
Union Terminal Station was built to accommodate the many railroads that ran through the city of Cincinnati. During its busiest time, Union Terminal had 216 trains per day traveling through its station and was built to hold 17,000 passengers.
Student Questions:
- Why is this titled, “Terminal Station” instead of its current name?
- What is a terminal? Why was this significant to the history of Cincinnati?
- What is different about this location today?