Save the Terminal, Inc. records, 1931-1997 (bulk 1972-1974).

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Save the Terminal, Inc. records, 1931-1997 (bulk 1972-1974).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/212377215

The bulk of these papers are correspondence and cover the years 1972-1976. There are letters and petitions from concerned Cincinnati citizens with a variety of suggestions for the use of the terminal and rotunda. Quite a bit of the correspondence relates to Save the Terminal, Inc. trying to gather money from businesses to preserve and move the murals. There are also some newspaper clippings and printed material included by either date or article name.

3 cubic ft. (6 boxes and two oversized folders)

Cincinnati History Library, Cincinnati Museum Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7005763

Cincinnati History Library, Cincinnati Museum Center

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Save the Terminal, Inc.

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Cincinnati's Union Terminal was completed in 1933 and was a major hub of railroad traffic before the dominance of the automobile. By the 1970s there was little traffic going through the terminal. In July of 1972 the Southern Railroad announced plans to tear down the concourse portion of the Cincinnati Union Terminal in order to expand the facilities for its "piggy-back" freight trains. In October Mayor Thomas Luken appointed a task force to work out other uses for the terminal. Save the Terminal...

Cincinnati Union Terminal (Cincinnati, Ohio)

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Reiss, Winold, 1886-1953

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American architect and designer born in Germany. From the description of Selected drawings, 1915-1946. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83603385 ...

Moore, Alfred

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Southern Railway (U.S.)

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Organized in 1894 from the bankrupt Richmond and Danville Railroad Company and several other railroad companies; headquartered in Washington, D.C. From the description of Records, 1891-1972. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28410983 Formed in 1894; combined with Norfolk and Western Railway to become Norfolk Southern Corporation in 1982. From the description of Records, 1899-1950. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 28414535 ...

Cincinnati Union Terminal Company

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The Cincinnati Union Terminal Company was created to build a united terminal for Cincinnati to replace the many stations scattered throughout the city. This would be shared by seven railroad companies, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, the Norfolk and Western Railway, the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Southern Railway Company. The site selected for this termin...

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

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