Station: (
Satellite, the Union Station was near the southern part of the land now used by the convention center.)
Tower: (
Satellite, see Greg's comment below.)
This was the "arcade" along High Street. The station itself was a building behind the south part of the arcade.
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ColumbusNavigator
There were three Union Stations at this location: 1851, 1875 and 1897-1977.
"The arcade was unique to Columbus and was sort of the mixed-use building of its time, with stores and offices built atop the viaduct. " |
Two of many photos from
dispatch:
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[Looking east. the arcade is out-of-frame to the left.] |
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[Also looking East, but from further north behind the arcade.] |
One of the arches in the arcade was preserved.
The only thing left are
the tracks marked "10" in this illustration.
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| 1955/56 Southwest Columbus Quad @ 24,000 |
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2:55 video @ 0:42 (WOSU source)
"By the 1840s, railroads were replacing canals as the primary means of long-distance transportation of people and products. Early trains could travel up to 20 miles per hour, about five times faster than canal boats. Columbus entrepreneur William Dennison chartered the Columbus and Xenia Railroad in 1844." |
Regular readers know that I'm a sucker for line-shaft photos.
High Street Tower
Darren Reynolds
posted seven photos with the comment:
Conrails ( Ex-PRR)
"High St." tower
Columbus, Ohio
Jim Kelling
shared with the comment: "Columbus Ohio (High Street cabin)."
They basically built the convention center on top of where union station was.
Daniel Adair: the bridge pictured is N. High st.
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