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Madison & Wabash "L" Station House, Chicago, Illinois
Currently on display
Not a part of the official Smithsonian Collection
This photograph shows the outer-Loop station house on Chicago's "L" at Madison & Wabash streets in 1965. A promotional banner exhorts Chicagoans to “Park ‘N’ Ride the “L-Subway, It’s the Fastest way!”
This station house was torn down sometime soon after this photograph was taken. The inner-Loop station house remains— the last of the original "L" structures over Wabash Avenue. |
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Photograph. Black-and-white photograph of an elevated rail station house.
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Credit: | Courtesy of Chicago Transit Authority |
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The Madison & Wabash Loop "L" station houses were built in 1896 to service the Union Loop Elevated Railroad. The Union Loop opened fully in 1897, providing direct downtown "L" service, transfer points between the competing "L" lines, and direct entrances to major department stores along the route.
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Chicago Transit Authority
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Chicago, Illinois
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