U-Haul TR: Chattanooga, TN
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N 36° 10.260 W 086° 47.040
16S E 519425 N 4002936
Chattanooga, TN: "Home of the Famous Chattanooga Choo-Choo"
Waymark Code: WM6XTQ
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 08/03/2009
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Terminal Station in Chattanooga, Tennessee is a former railroad station listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The station was opened in 1909 and was the latest and largest station in Chattanooga's history. The original station, built in 1858, was outgrown by the rapid expansion in the railroad network serving Chattanooga. A second station, built in 1882, was outgrown in only six years. In 1888, an old freight depot was converted to a passenger facility, while three other depots handled commercial and industrial traffic.
The station was one of the grandest buildings in Chattanooga, featuring an arched main entrance that was claimed to be the largest brick arch in the world. The building also had an exceptionally high ceiling with a dome and a skylight in the center section, and lighting elsewhere was provided by large brass chandeliers. The 1941 Glenn Miller song "Chattanooga Choo Choo" told the story of a train trip from Pennsylvania Station in New York City through Baltimore, North and South Carolina, and terminating at Track 29 in Terminal Station.
As the railroad industry declined in the 1950s and 1960s, passenger traffic dwindled, and the last passenger train left Terminal Station in 1970. In 1972, local businessmen bought the building, renamed it the Chattanooga Choo Choo after the song, and began rehabilitating the building. Today, the building is a convention center and hotel with restaurants and shops.
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