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Broad Street Station (demolished)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Broad_Street_Station_(demolished)
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:railway_station
gptkbp:adjacentTo
gptkb:City_Hall_(Philadelphia)
gptkb:Pennsylvania_Railroad_Office_Building
gptkbp:architect
gptkb:Frank_Furness
gptkbp:closed
1952
gptkbp:demolished
1953
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
major railroad terminal in Philadelphia
one of the largest passenger terminals in the world at its peak
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Broad Street Station (demolished)
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
gptkbp:notableEvent
site of 1923 fire
gptkbp:numberOfTracks
16
gptkbp:opened
1881
gptkbp:operatedBy
gptkb:Pennsylvania_Railroad
gptkbp:platform
island platform
side platform
gptkbp:replacedBy
gptkb:30th_Street_Station
gptkb:Suburban_Station
gptkbp:servedBy
gptkb:Schuylkill_Branch
gptkb:Pennsylvania_Railroad_Main_Line
gptkb:Chestnut_Hill_Branch
gptkb:Media_Branch
gptkb:New_York–Washington_line
gptkb:West_Chester_Branch
gptkbp:status
demolished
gptkbp:structureType
terminal station
gptkbp:style
Victorian architecture
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Frank_Furness
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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