Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal
The Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal building.
General information
Coordinates40°26′28″N 80°00′16″W / 40.4410°N 80.0045°W / 40.4410; -80.0045
Platforms3
Tracks6
History
OpenedApril 13, 1904
ClosedOctober 31, 1931
Former services
Preceding station Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway Following station
West Belt Junction
toward Pittsburgh Junction
 Main Line Terminus

The Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal was a railroad station located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Constructed in 1903 and opened on April 13, 1904, the 11 floor Beaux-Arts domed 197 foot tall terminal was designed by Theodore Carl Link and cost George Jay Gould $800,000 ($26.1 million in 2022 dollars). Floors 1 through 3 contained ticketing, passenger waiting areas and some retail with floors 4 and above serving hundreds of offices of Gould's Wabash Railway Corporation. The terminal lasted only four years as a Wabash Railroad terminal when the Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway entered receivership on May 29, 1908. The Wabash would go on to lose both this railway and end affiliation with the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway. The terminal continued to service passenger traffic until October 31, 1931, but survived beyond that as an office building and freight-only facility. The adjacent freight warehouse was closed after two successive fires on March 6, and March 22, 1946 destroyed most of the infrastructure. The station was announced for demolition on July 5, 1953 to make way for the Gateway Center complex. Demolition started on October 5, 1953 and was completed in early 1954.

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    Further reading

    • Worley, Jr., Howard V. (2004). Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway. Mechling Bookbindery. ISBN 0-9658620-1-1.
    • Korom, Jr., Joseph J. (2013). Skyscraper Facades of the Gilded Age: Fifty-One Extravagant Designs, 1875-1910. ISBN 9780786470723.
    • Sanina, Mila (March 10, 1951). "Wabash Railroad Station and Building". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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