Grand Central Station Chicago |
"Grand Central Station was
a passenger
railroad terminal in
downtown Chicago, Illinois,
from 1890 to 1969. It was located at 201
W. Harrison Street in the south-western part of
the Chicago Loop,
the block bounded by Harrison
Street , Wells
Street , Polk
Street and the Chicago River.
Grand Central Station was designed by architect Solon Spencer Beman for the Wisconsin Central Railroad,
and was completed by the Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad.
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 Railway. The station opened
December 8, 1890, closed on November 8, 1969, and torn down in 1971."
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