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Title	Depot - Pennsylvania Freight Station
Description	This is the Pennsylvania Railroad freight station after the east end of the building had been taken off and a new frame structure had been constructed in its place. This took place sometime around 1918. The doors that you see down the side of the building each once sported the name of some inland town such as Indianapolis, Chicago, Lafayette, etc., and all freight destined for that point was unloaded at that door. On the opposite side similar doors and city names designated freight that had arrived from that inland city. The old passenger depot which had been located next to it had been torn down about 1915 and a new passenger depot had been built on First Street. This building pictured had also, for a short time, been used for passenger service. The last of the building was finally taken down in 1938 after the flood of 1937 dealt it a final death blow. Photograph taken late 1920s
Creator	Harry Lemen, photographer
Date	1925
Subject	Railroads; Railroad stations; Railroad companies; Train depots; Shipping
Type	image; photograph
Format	Original: tif, scanned at 1200dpi with a MicroTek ScanMaker 9800XL. Online: jpg, saved at 72dpi.
Rights	Permission to reproduce this image for other than personal use must be requested from the Director of the Madison-Jefferson County Public Library. Please contact at 420 W. Main St., Madison, IN 47250 (812) 265-2744.
Coverage	Indiana-Jefferson County-Madison
Source	Madison-Jefferson County Public Library
Identifier	"MJCPLrail5058-pennstation"
Notes	Harry Lemen Collection of the Madison-Jefferson County Public Library; MJCPL Historical Files; Madison Courier, February 19, 1919 and January 6, 1938.