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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| 1 [Looking east. the arcade is out-of-frame to the left.] |
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| 2 [Also looking East, but from further north behind the arcade.] |
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| Pamele Moskie posted Union Station - Columbus, Ohio Print # 164 / 500 by Michael Dickinson 1998 From his website . . . Circa 1900 “Michael spent 5 years researching for this painting. Putting his imagination to work, he made up this image of how it might have looked as no historic photos exist of this view.” |
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| 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻: 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 and Ohio posted The Second Union Station, taken between 1875 and 1890! Columbus, Ohio |
One of the arches in the arcade was preserved.
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| Street View, Jul 2019 |
The only thing left are the tracks marked "10" in this illustration.
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| ColumbusRailroads |
The depot is along the right edge of this view.
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| Kristen J.Taylor posted My father was scanning some old photos from my grandfather's house. He worked for the railroad until retirement. This is a shot he scanned of downtown Columbus, probably from around the 60-70 era. It's interesting because I currently work in the Smith Bros building in the foreground. The railyard is currently where the convention center and the downtown exit from 670 West are. |
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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.
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| Thumbnail for 5:10 video from WOSU |
High Street Tower
Darren Reynolds posted seven photos with the comment:
Conrails ( Ex-PRR)"High St." towerColumbus, Ohio
Jim Kelling shared with the comment: "Columbus Ohio (High Street cabin)."
Greg Zoll: https://maps.app.goo.gl/21xKe8fbFyLGaARy8...
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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| Emilia Ev posted My father was scanning some old photos from my grandfather's house. He worked for the railroad until retirement. This is a shot he scanned of downtown Columbus, probably from around the 60-70 era. It's interesting because I currently work in the Smith Bros building in the foreground. The railyard is currently where the convention center and the downtown exit from 670 West are. [Several comments date it as 1950s because of the skyline.] John L Garcia shared [The view is looking southish. High Street is in the middle right. Nobody mentioned the tall building in the photo. Is it still standing?] |
