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The Franklin Street Terminal was a rapid transit station on the Chicago "L" that was the eastern terminus of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad from 1895 to 1897. The Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad Company had intended to construct its eastern end at Fifth Avenue, a block east of Franklin Street, but right-of-way acquisition costs had proven prohibitive so it settled on Franklin Street to house its terminal and offices. Rather than demolish the buildings on the site, the company opted to gut their second floors and run its tracks through them. The Loop, an elevated railroad structure connecting the downtown lines, opened in 1897, leading to the Metropolitan closing the Franklin Street Terminal; it was the second shortest-lived station in "L" history. Closing of the terminal created issues, however, as the Loop frequently overflowed, leading to the railroad needing a new terminal to accommodate excess traffic. This terminal, which opened in 1904, was built at Fifth Avenue, the location that had been desired all along. (en) |
| dbo:address |
(en) Chicago,Illinois (en) 258–260 S. Franklin Street (en) |
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1897-10-11 (xsd:date) |
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1897-01-01 (xsd:gYear) |
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2 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
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1895-05-17 (xsd:date) |
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1895-01-01 (xsd:gYear) |
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dbr:Metropolitan_West_Side_Elevated_Railroad |
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dbr:Metropolitan_West_Side_Elevated_Railroad |
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dbr:Metropolitan_main_line |
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Elevated |
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wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Franklin_Terminal.jpg?width=300 |
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dbr:Chicago_'L' |
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Chicago_L/mBMgm7F9kQkC%3Fhl=en&gbpv=1%7Curl-access=limited%7Cvia=Google https://books.google.co.uk/books%3Fid=ukE_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA263%23v=onepage&q&f=false%7Cjournal=The https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Railway_Age/KHRCAQAAMAAJ%3Fhl=en&pg=PA223&printsec=frontcover%7Cvolume=22%7Cissue=12%7Clocation=Chicago%7Cref= |
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| dbp:address |
258 (xsd:integer) Chicago, Illinois (en) |
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Four tracks are shown leading out and slightly to the right, before correcting themselves and going straight. Various crisscrossing occurs between them. (en) |
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The tracks leading from the Franklin Street Terminal (en) |
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1897-10-11 (xsd:date) |
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dbr:Metropolitan_main_line |
| dbp:opened |
1895-05-17 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:otherServicesHeader |
Former services (en) |
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Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad Company (en) |
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Elevated (en) |
| dbp:tracks |
2 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:type |
Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station (en) |
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The Franklin Street Terminal was a rapid transit station on the Chicago "L" that was the eastern terminus of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad from 1895 to 1897. The Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad Company had intended to construct its eastern end at Fifth Avenue, a block east of Franklin Street, but right-of-way acquisition costs had proven prohibitive so it settled on Franklin Street to house its terminal and offices. Rather than demolish the buildings on the site, the company opted to gut their second floors and run its tracks through them. (en) |
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Franklin Street Terminal (en) |
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wikipedia-en:Franklin_Street_Terminal?oldid=1124897273&ns=0 |
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wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Franklin_Terminal.jpg |
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wikipedia-en:Franklin_Street_Terminal |
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(en) |
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dbr:Metropolitan_main_line |
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