Union Station

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $15.95

Stock #:894359
Type: Postcard
Era: White Border
City: Kansas City
State: Missouri (MO)
Publisher: Fred Harvey
Postmark: 1916 May-16
Postmark City: Chi. Ft. Mad. & K.C. RPO
Postmark State: MO
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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Additional Details:
The new Union Station, Kansas City, opened to the public in 1914, cost approximately six million dollars for the structure alone. It covers an area of 5.5 acres. the front of the main building is 510 feet long, with an express building on the west extending a distance of 1,000 feet. The apex of the roof is 126 feet above the street. The station fronts on a plaza and public square. NO baggage, express or mail wagons use the plaza level roadways for that purpose leading to the basement below. All trucking to and from trains is done in the subways underneath the building and plaza. The exterior of the building is gray stone. The roof is of concrete slabs and the interior finish is of marble, tile and stone. The entire Terminal project, of which the passenger station is a part, cost approximately fifty million dollars.

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