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The
year 1972 was a very bad one for railroad stations in Atlanta,
as it marked the demolition of Union Station, seen on this
postcard, and the nearby Terminal
Station. This was actually Atlanta's third Union
Station. The first went up in 1853 and was destroyed
during the Civil War in 1864 and the second was built in 1871
and was demolished after the completion of the Union Station
seen here, which opened in the spring of 1930. This
location is just a little west of Forsyth Street, between
Forsyth and Spring Streets. The station was elevated
above the tracks and the road visible going to the left of the
station was a viaduct level street that connected with the
Spring Street bridge. The car on the bridge in the foreground is on the Forsyth Street viaduct facing south.
Scroll
down to see a contemporary photo showing the location of the
station, which was approximately one large elevated story
about the spot where the makeshift driveway crosses over the
two sets of rail tracks. Google
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