Union Station St Louis B and W DSC00422 is a photograph by Greg Kluempers which was uploaded on December 29th, 2013.
Union Station St Louis B and W DSC00422
This image was selected for The City at 250:A Celebration of St. Louis in Photographs at the Sheldon Art Galleries.... more
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Union Station St Louis B and W DSC00422
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Greg Kluempers
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Photograph - Photography
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This image was selected for The City at 250:A Celebration of St. Louis in Photographs at the Sheldon Art Galleries.
Union Station
St. Louis Union Station, a National Historic Landmark, was a passenger train terminal in St. Louis, Missouri. Once the world's largest and busiest train station, it was converted in the early 1980s into a hotel, shopping center, and entertainment complex. Today, it serves only local rail (MetroLink) transit passengers.
The station opened on September 1, 1894, and was owned by the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis. Designed by Theodore Link, it included three main areas: the Headhouse, the Midway and the 11.5-acre (47,000 m2) Train Shed. The headhouse originally housed a hotel, a restaurant, passenger waiting rooms and railroad ticketing offices. It featured a gold-leafed Grand Hall, Romanesque arches, a 65-foot (20 m) barrel-vaulted ceiling and stained-glass windows. The clock tower is 280 feet (85 m) high.
Union Station's headhouse and midway are constructed of Indiana limestone and initially included 42 tracks under its vast tarnished terminating in the stub-end terminal.
At its height, the station combined the St. Louis passenger services of 22 railroads, the most of any single terminal in the world. At its opening, it was the world's largest and busiest railroad station and its trainshed was the largest roof span in the world. In 1903, the station was expanded to accommodate visitors to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
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December 29th, 2013