Pennsylvania Railroad Broad Street Station

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pennsylvania_Railroad_Broad_Street_Station
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_station
gptkbp:address gptkb:Broad_and_Market_Streets,_Philadelphia
gptkbp:adjacentTo gptkb:City_Hall_(Philadelphia)
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Frank_Furness
gptkbp:closed 1952
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:demolished 1953
urban renewal and traffic improvement
gptkbp:historicalSignificance once the largest passenger terminal in the world
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pennsylvania Railroad Broad Street Station
gptkbp:location gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:notableEvent site of 1923 fire
gptkbp:numberOfTracks 16
gptkbp:opened 1881
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Pennsylvania_Railroad
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:30th_Street_Station
gptkb:Suburban_Station
gptkbp:serves gptkb:Center_City_Philadelphia
gptkbp:structureType gptkb:train
head house
gptkbp:style Victorian architecture
gptkbp:trainShedDesigner gptkb:Wilson_Brothers_&_Company
gptkbp:trainShedLength 306 feet
gptkbp:trainShedType single-span iron shed
gptkbp:trainShedWidth 306 feet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wilson_Brothers_&_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6