B & O Freight Terminal (Cincinnati, Ohio)

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name = B & O Freight Terminal

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caption = Longworth Hall now occupies the former B&O freight terminal in Cincinnati, Oh.
location = Cincinnati, Ohio
architect = M.A. Long cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-06-30|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
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added = December 29, 1986
refnum = 86003521

B & O Freight Terminal is a registered historic building in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register on December 29, 1986. Constructed in 1904 the building was reported to be the largest structure of its type in the world at 5 stories high and 1,277 feet long. Camden Yards in Baltimore is a similar structure. cite web|url=http://www.longworthhall.com/about.htm|title=About Longworth Hall|work=Longworth Hall - Office Center and Design Complex|]

During construction, 80,000 feet of pilings were driven to support the concrete foundations. The piers between the first floor doors are of Bedford stone (Bedford, Indiana). 4,250,000 bricks were used in the walls. Floor loads are carried on steel girders and these in turn are carried on steel columns. Floors, joists, roof beams, etc., are frame requiring 2,500,000 feet of lumber.

The lower floor was designed as the inbound freight house with the upper four floors for storage. The facility trackage could accommodate 125 cars. Other facilities included a boiler house, a 6 stall roundhouse, a coal tipple and a US Customs Bonded Warehouse, for the care of imported goods.

Historic Uses

*Rail-Related

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