Site of Grand Central Station (Chicago, Illinois)
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Grand Central Station was a passenger railroad terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois from 1890 to 1969. It was located at 201 West Harrison Street in the south-western part of the Chicago Loop, the block bounded by between West Harrison Street, South Wells Street, West Polk Street and the Chicago River. Grand Central Station was designed by architect Solon Spencer Beman for the Wisconsin Central Railway, and was completed by the Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad.
The station was built with the intention of its eventually becoming the eastern terminus for the transcontinental Northern Pacific Railway which was leasing the Wisconsin Central at the time of construction, and seeking access to the railway hub of Chicago. However, the Northern Pacific bankruptcy of 1893 ended the plan.
Grand Central Station was eventually purchased by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which used the station as the Chicago terminus for its passenger rail service, including its glamorous Capitol Limited to Washington, D.C.. Major tenant railroads included the Soo Line Railroad, successor to the Wisconsin Central, the Chicago Great Western Railway, and the Pere Marquette Railroad. The station was eventually shuttered in 1969 and torn down in 1971.
The station was built with the intention of its eventually becoming the eastern terminus for the transcontinental Northern Pacific Railway which was leasing the Wisconsin Central at the time of construction, and seeking access to the railway hub of Chicago. However, the Northern Pacific bankruptcy of 1893 ended the plan.
Grand Central Station was eventually purchased by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which used the station as the Chicago terminus for its passenger rail service, including its glamorous Capitol Limited to Washington, D.C.. Major tenant railroads included the Soo Line Railroad, successor to the Wisconsin Central, the Chicago Great Western Railway, and the Pere Marquette Railroad. The station was eventually shuttered in 1969 and torn down in 1971.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Station_(Chicago)
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Coordinates: 41°52'23"N 87°38'4"W
- The Loop (Chicago Transit Authority) 1.4 km
- Union Pacific's California Avenue Yard, and Metra's "Western Avenue" / Milwaukee District Facilities 6.1 km
- Norfolk Southern 47th Street Yard 7 km
- Pacific Junction (Tower A-5) 9 km
- CSX 59th Street Intermodal Terminal 9 km
- UP 40th Ave Yard 9 km
- BNSF Corwith Yard & Intermodal Facility 9 km
- Norfolk Southern 63rd Street (Park Manor) Yard 10 km
- BNSF Clyde Yard 13 km
- CN Schiller Park Intermodal Yard 22 km
- USPS Cardiss Collins Processing & Distribution Center 0.3 km
- Commonwealth Edison Taylor Substation 0.3 km
- Printer's Row 0.5 km
- Federal Center 0.7 km
- Dearborn Park 0.7 km
- The Loop (Chicago Transit Authority) 1 km
- Amtrak/METRA Chicago Union Station storage yard. 1 km
- West Loop Gate 1 km
- Chicago Loop 1.3 km
- Near West Side 2.4 km