Description: This image shows Big Four Depot. The name Big Four originates with the four cities that it was most associated with. For a time the volume of departures and those riding the trains was quite significant, but this would eventually drop off after a time and the building became defunct. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06745
Subjects: Railroad stations Ohio; Railroad terminals--Ohio; Transportation--Ohio--History
Places: Galion (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows an Interurban Electric Railway station in downtown Columbus. Stations like this were the places where people would go to travel to other neighborhoods with a degree of convenience and a much lower price than other forms of transportation. They remained popular until the invention of another practical form of transportation that rapidly took hold, the first modern cars. Eventually this particular form of transportation was overtaken and put out of business. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06757
Subjects: Railroad stations Ohio; Railroad terminals--Ohio; Transportation--Ohio--History
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: This image shows an Interurban Electric Railway station in downtown Columbus. Stations like this were the places where people would go to travel to other neighborhoods with a degree of convenience and a much lower price than other forms of transportation. They remained popular until the invention of another practical form of transportation that rapidly took hold, the first modern cars. Eventually this particular form of transportation was overtaken and put out of business. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06773
Subjects: Railroad stations Ohio; Railroad terminals--Ohio; Transportation--Ohio--History
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: Map showing Ohio railroad lines, indicated in red along with the name of the railroad. This map was included as a fold-out in the 1950 edition of "Ohio: An Empire Within an Empire." Originally published in February 1944 by the Ohio Development and Publicity Commission, this publication documents "the resources and facilities of Ohio, taking into particular consideration war expansions." Topics covered include agriculture. forestry, mineral resources, transportation, oil, retail and wholesale trade, and much more. According to information accompanying the map, Ohio had 8,482 miles of railroad at the time, ranking sixth in the nation for such mileage. Railroads represented include the Pennsylvania; New York Central; Baltimore and Ohio; Erie; Nickel Plate; Chesapeake and Ohio; Norfolk and Western; Wabash; Akron, Canton and Youngstown; Detroit, Toledo and Ironton; and Pittsburgh and Lake Erie. Railways in Ohio connected the state to surrounding states as well as Atlantic and Gulf ports important for import and export traffic. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MAPVFM0095_4
Subjects: Maps--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Railroads--Ohio; Railroad stations; Natural resources--Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Tracks leading to the Passenger Depot in Ada, Ohio. The Ada, Ohio station was built in 1887 by the Pennsylvania Railroad. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The structure is wooden on a stone foundation with an asphalt roof. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06856
Subjects: Hardin County (Ohio); Railroad stations Ohio
Places: Ada (Ohio); Hardin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Hocking Valley railroad depot in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. The Hocking Valley Railway was an Ohio railroad with a main line connecting Toledo and Athens via Columbus. The company was a continuation of the Mineral Railroad (1864), with the name Columbus and Hocking Valley Railroad adopted in June 1867. The main line opened for business in 1869. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07783
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Railroad stations Ohio; Railroads--Ohio; Photographers--Ohio; Upper Sandusky (Ohio)
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: A view of Union Station, Columbus, Ohio. The photograph includes a view of the station's ornate arcade along High Street as well as street traffic (automobile, trolley, and horse-drawn wagon or omnibus) and pedestrians. Designed by the famous Chicago architectural firm Daniel H. Burnham and Co., the building was Columbus's third Union Station. It opened in 1897, and the arcade was completed two years later. The station's architectural style, Beaux-Arts Classicism, drew on Burnham's experience designing the World's Columbian Exposition (1893) in Chicago. By the mid-20th century, train ridership had declined sharply, and in October 1976 all but one arch of the ornate facade was demolished. The station continued to offer Amtrak service until April 1977, but it was demolished in September 1978. The surviving arcade arch stands in Dimon McPherson Park, 218 West Street, Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05772
Subjects: Railroad stations--1910-1920; Railroad stations Ohio; Public buildings--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Burnham, D.H. (Daniel Hudson), 1846-1912
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Union Station on North High Street in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1890. This was actually the third Union Station in Columbus. The Station was rebuilt and upgraded because of the rapid growth of both Columbus and the railroads that served it. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03261
Subjects: Railroad stations Ohio; Transportation--Ohio--History; Urbanization--United States--History
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the facade of Union Station, located at 380 North High Street in the Short North neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. An elderly man walks by with his hands in his pockets. Designed by the famous Chicago architectural firm Daniel H. Burnham and Co., the building was Columbus's third Union Station. It opened in 1897, and the arcade was completed two years later. By the mid-20th century, train ridership had declined sharply, and in October 1976 all but one arch of the ornate facade was demolished. The station continued to offer Amtrak service until April 1977, but it was demolished in September 1978. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B08F211_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Short North (Columbus, Ohio); Railroad stations; Architecture--Ohio--Columbus;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken between 1905 and 1930, this photograph shows the electric railway station on Spring Street in Columbus, Ohio, bordering the Scioto River. This photograph is part of the Columbus Railway, Power, and Light Company collection, consisting of 53 glass plate negatives with images related to the Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company in Columbus, Ohio. In the mid to late nineteenth century, there were many power and streetcar companies in Columbus, Ohio. These companies eventually merged into four main companies, and by 1914 all the remaining companies merged to form the Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company. In 1933, with 1,509 employees, the company was the largest employer in Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV118_B02F11_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Ohio economy--Transportation and development; City and town life; Railroad stations; Scioto River (Ohio)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken between 1905 and 1930, this photograph shows the electric railway station on Spring Street in Columbus, Ohio, bordering the Scioto River. This photograph is part of the Columbus Railway, Power, and Light Company collection, consisting of 53 glass plate negatives with images related to the Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company in Columbus, Ohio. In the mid to late nineteenth century, there were many power and streetcar companies in Columbus, Ohio. These companies eventually merged into four main companies, and by 1914 all the remaining companies merged to form the Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company. In 1933, with 1,509 employees, the company was the largest employer in Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV118_B02F11_02
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Ohio economy--Transportation and development; City and town life; Railroad stations; Scioto River (Ohio)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the facade of the third Union Station, Columbus, Ohio. The station was located at the intersection of N. High St. and E. Naghten. Daniel H. Burnham & Company, architectural firm located in Chicago, designed the station in the Beaux-Arts Classicism style. An arcade that housed shops and offices faced High Street. The facade's graceful arches and pillars are visible in this photograph. Horse-drawn vehicles pass by the station. The arcade was demolished in October 1976; Union Station was demolished in 1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05984
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Railroad stations; Architecture--Ohio;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)