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Washington DC‘s Union Station was crucial to the development of modern Washington. When the Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio Railroads announced in 1901 that they planned to build a new terminal, people in the city celebrated for two reasons.
The decision meant, first of all, that the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) would soon remove its tracks and terminal from the Mall Though changes there appeared only gradually, the PRR‘s move allowed the creation of the Mall as it appeared today. Second, the plans to bring all the city‘s railroads under one roof promised that Washington would finally ...
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