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Union Depot was the name given to two intercity railroad stations in Cleveland, Ohio. Union Depot was built as the first union station in Cleveland in 1853. After a large fire in 1864, a new structure was built, and was the largest train station in the United States until construction of Grand Central Depot in New York City in 1871. The depot was operated by multiple railroads until 1930, when all except the Pennsylvania Railroad dropped their services and utilized Cleveland Union Terminal, which opened that year. The Pennsylvania Railroad continued to use the depot until 1953, and the building was demolished in 1959.
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- ↑ Acts passed at the session of the General Assembly for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Lexington: Legislative Research Consortium. 1871. pp. 18–19. Retrieved July 21, 2024– via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "THIN COLUMN". The Climax. Richmond, Kentucky. January 16, 1889. Retrieved July 21, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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