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Taken: January 13, 2010
Caption: Downtown Railroad Facilities, Circa 1905
Additional Description: The intersection at the center is 9th & Byrd. Far right, Byrd Street Station and its long passenger shed. Opened in 1887, it was the Union Station for north-south routes until replaced by Broad Street Station in 1919. The long building next on the left is the ACL Freight Station, and next to the left are the ACL (formerly R&P) Shops. Lower left are the C&O freight yards and partly visible is the C&O Freight Station. Behind them is the C&O Grain Elevator. Across the River, far left, are the Southern Railway Shops. (Photo by Cook, Courtesy of Valentine Museum)
Submitted: January 18, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p93147
File Size: 0.853 Megabytes

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