Union Station (Portland, Maine)

Union Station, circa 1909

Union Station was a train station in Portland, Maine.

The building was opened on June 25, 1888, serving trains of the Boston and Maine, Maine Central and Portland and Ogdensburg railroads.[1] Designed by Boston architects Bradlee, Winslow and Witherell, it was inspired by the designs of medieval French châteaux.[2] It was a primarily granite building, with a 188 foot (57 m) clock tower.[2]

Maine Central ended passenger rail service to the station in September 1960, and it closed on October 30 when Boston and Maine moved its remaining trains out of the facility.[3] On August 31, 1961, the building was demolished, and a strip mall built on the property.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Union Station, Portland, ca. 1900". Maine Historical Society. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 "From the dust of Union Station,Portland preservation arose". Portland Press Herald. 31 August 2011. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 Holland, Kevin (2004). Passenger Trains of Northern New England in the Streamline Era. Lynchburg, VA: TLC Publishing. ISBN 1-883089-69-7.

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Coordinates: 43°39′08″N 70°16′49″W / 43.6522°N 70.2804°W / 43.6522; -70.2804


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