- President Street Station
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name = President Street Station
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caption = President Street Station during the Civil War
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 17
lat_seconds = 4
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 36
long_seconds = 9
long_direction = W
location =Baltimore, Maryland
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built = 1850
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added = 1992
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refnum = 92001229
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governing_body =The President Street Station in Baltimore,
Maryland is a formertrain station . It is the oldest surviving big city railroad terminal in theUnited States . [citenews|title=Train station is on track to preservation|last=Gunts|first=Edward|date=2008-01-14|accessdate=2008-03-08|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/today/bal-to.archcol14jan14,0,47503.column|publisher=Baltimore Sun ]History
The station was built by the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad (PW&B) in 1850 as their terminus.cite journal |year=2008 |month=March |title=Allegheny Observer |journal=Railpace Newsmagazine |pages=43] A track ran along Pratt Street to connect PW&B trains arriving from Philadelphia withBaltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) trains at Camden Station.The station was involved in the
Baltimore riot of 1861 , whenMassachusetts troops bound forWashington, D.C. were marching to the B&O's Camden Station ten blocks west and were attacked by an angry mob. [citeweb|title=Re: (rshsdepot) President Street Station (Baltimore), MD|url=http://www.railfan.net/lists/rshsdepot-digest/200212/msg00100.html|last=Wagenblast|first=Bernie|date=2002-12-24|accessdate=2008-03-08]President Street station was largely replaced in 1873 by Pennsylvania Station, but continued to have some passenger train usage until 1911. [Herbert W. Harwood, Jr., "Impossible Challenge". Baltimore, Md.: Bernard, Roberts and Co., 1979 (ISBN 0-934118-17-5), p. 416.] It was later used as a freight station and then as a warehouse, before abandonment in 1970. The station was restored and reopened in 1997 as the
Baltimore Civil War Museum . The museum closed, however, in 2007.References
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