Broad Street Station
Opened here, 1881, by the Pennsylvania Railroad; enlarged 1893. This was once the world's largest railroad passenger terminal. Its great arched train shed burned, 1923. The station and its long elevated stone track bed (the "Chinese Wall") remained until 1952-53.
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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov
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