This replaced the 1876 Union Station that was close to the lakefront.
"Passenger train operations, to and from Cleveland, over the New York Central, Big Four and
Nickel Plate railroads, now focus in the new Union Station at the Public Square." [Souvenier Dedication Book, p5 via ClevelandMemory]
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| Souvenier Dedication Book, p16 via ClevelandMemory |
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| ClevelandHistorical, Source: Cleveland Public Library Photograph Collection Date: February 14, 1930 The tower is 708' (216m) tall. "When completed in 1930, it was the tallest tower in the world outside New York City." |
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| Thomas Wentzel posted Railyard being laid-out, behind the under-construction Cleveland Union Terminal 1929. The B&O Terminal on the left, and The Erie shed on the right. |
construction video, some scenes of concrete batching and digging caissons
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