Milwaukee Road Depot (Tacoma, Washington)
Design
The building was designed by K. E. Hornung of Chicago. The station interior was 4,000 square feet (370 m) and included a ticket office, baggage room, restrooms, and a separate lounge for women. A noteworthy feature of the waiting room was a gold-toned mural of the Chicago skyline (the Milwaukee Road's headquarters were also in Chicago.) The masonry construction incorporated a Red Roman brick finish. The building's centerpiece was a 32 feet (9.8 m) tower topped by a large stainless-steel sign bearing the name of the company. The waiting room itself featured full-height glass windows on two facings, overlooking the Milwaukee rail yards. The station cost the Milwaukee Road $150,000.
History
The Milwaukee Road had used the Tacoma Eastern Railroad's former station since beginning service to Tacoma in 1909. That station was located at South 25th and A street, near the present location of the South 25th Street Tacoma Link station and Interstate 705. The new station sat at East 11th and Milwaukee Way, near the Milwaukee Road's yard in the Tideflats area and roughly 1.7 miles (2.7 km) from the old station. The first train to use the station was a westbound Columbian, which arrived from Chicago on April 20, 1954. The first train to depart was an eastbound Olympian Hiawatha. Service ended with the discontinuation of the Olympian Hiawatha on May 22, 1961.
See also
References
- ^ "A New Station for Tacoma" (PDF). Milwaukee Road Magazine. 42 (2): 4–5. May 1954. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ^ Gillie, John (October 7, 2012). "A new rail station for Tacoma, but where?". The News Tribune. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ Scribbins, Jim (1970). The Hiawatha Story. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Company. LCCN 70107874. OCLC 91468.
External links
Media related to Milwaukee Road Tideflats station at Wikimedia Commons