Union Station

Union Station. . In 1924, the Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway Co. and its co-owners, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, constructed the Union Passenger Station to replace three separate stations located in Davenport's downtown area. The Georgian/Federal Revival style station served passengers traveling into and out of Davenport as well as handled freight and baggage in the adjacent Package Express Building. During this period, the Arsenal Bridge, the Crescent Railroad Bridge (completed in 1900) and the north-south and east-west rail lines that crossed here made Davenport an important railroad center., Captions , . 1940s Davenport's Union Station, probably in the 1940s. Photo courtesy of Davenport Public Library , . 1950s In the 1950s, the Davenport, Rock Island and North Western engine No. 1 stopped for a photograph at Union Station. Notice the original canopy that protected passengers from the weather. Photo Courtesy of City of Davenport, The RiverWay Project , The RiverWay Project is funded by a grant from the McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, to River Action, Inc. which is matched locally by foundations, city and county governments, businesses and individuals., Major funders to date include: the McKnight Foundation, the Riverboat Development Authority, Scott County Regional Authority, Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, Iowa Arts Council, John Deere Foundation, Modern Woodmen of America, the Cities of Davenport, Bettendorf, Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline, and the Counties of Rock Island and Scott., Courtesy of Riverboat Development Authority, Putnam Museum of History and Natural Science, River Action, and Downtown Davenport Development Corporation.