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	Search results for Traction Terminal    Refine your search Creator W H Bass Photo Company (92) Hoover-watson Printing... (2) The Commercial Club (1) Unknown (1) William P Jungclaus co (1) Show more... Subject Traction Railroads (44) Transportation (20) Street Railroad Statio... (14) Buses (12) Traction Terminal Buil... (11) Show more... Date 1900s (1900-1909) (16) 1910s (1910-1919) (6) 1910 (5) 1904 (4) 1905 (4) Show more... results 1-20 of 114 item(s)  page 1 of 6 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Passenger Waiting Room at the Traction Terminal Passengers; Traction Terminal Building (Indianapolis, Ind.); Newspapers; Clothing & dress; Hats The waiting room of the traction terminal offered a variety of shops and services, including a cigar shop, a jeweler, a newsstand and an optician. 2. Entrance to Traction Terminal Building Traction Terminal Building (Indianapolis, Ind.); Office buildings; Business districts The main entrance to the Traction Terminal Building was on Illinois Street. The busy corner of Market and Illinois streets was an ideal site for the Traction Terminal Building. It was one block from the... 3. Traction Terminal Building Traction Terminal Building (Indianapolis, Ind.); Office buildings; Business districts; Transportation; Street railroads; Pedestrians; Clothing & dress The Traction Terminal Building was one of the world's largest interurban stations. Taking advantage of the large crowds visiting the station, many businesses began operation in the nine-story building... 4. Nine Sets of Tracks in the Traction Terminal Shed Transportation; Traction Terminal Shed (Indianapolis, Ind.); Street-railroads--Indiana The railroad cars pulled into the shed, which covered nine sets of tracks. Spanning more than 133 feet, the shed could easily accommodate eighteen large interurban cars. During its peak operating years,... 5. Passenger Waiting Room at the Traction Terminal Traction Terminal Building (Indianapolis, Ind.); Transportation; Electric railroads; Passengers Built in 1904, the nine-track train shed of the Traction Terminal in Indianapolis once saw 600 interurban electric trains per day and carried 7 million passengers a year as well as freight. 6. Back View of the Traction Terminal Transportation; Parking lots; Traction Terminal Shed (Indianapolis, Ind.); Business districts; Office buildings A back view of the Traction Terminal area shows a large parking lot at Ohio and Capitol Streets. [1947] 7. Interior View of the Traction Terminal Shed, Indianapolis Transportation; Street-railroads--Indiana; Street railroad stations; Passengers; Traction Terminal Shed (Indianapolis, Ind.) The traction terminal served more than ten thousand passengers a day when it first opened in 1904. By 1916 the number of passengers coming through the terminal grew to an estimated seven million per year.... 8. Greyhound Buses at the Traction Terminal Shed Buses; Bus terminals; Transportation; Traction Terminal Shed (Indianapolis, Ind.) Interurban use declined in the 1930s, and several lines were abandoned. Buses started sharing the shed with interurbans. In 1931 three of the nine tracks were paved and used for bus traffic. By 1943, Greyhound... 9. Traction Terminal Building and Shed in Indianapolis Traction Terminal Building (Indianapolis, Ind.); Transportation; Electric railroads; Railroads This view shows the Traction Terminal complex, which cost over a million dollars to construct. A building called "the shed" is connected to the small building that was the waiting area. The nine-story... 10. West Market Street from the State Capitol with the Indianapolis Traction Terminal, ca. 1905 Indiana State Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Indianapolis, Ind.); Monument Circle (Indianapolis, Ind.); Indianapolis Traction Terminal Building (Indianapolis, Ind.); English Hotel and Opera House (Indianapolis, Ind.); Horses; Storefronts; People; Street railroad facilities; Street railroad tracks; Electric railroads; This view of West Market Street shows the variety of buildings that line the street. The transportation hub for interurban railroads, the Indianapolis Traction Terminal, was completed in 1904 and is the... 11. Taxis at the Traction Terminal Shed Transportation; Taxicabs; Traction Terminal Shed (Indianapolis, Ind.); Street railroad facilities As with interurbans, automobiles were also gaining popularity by 1910. In this image, taxi cars lined the street next to the Terminal Building waiting to pick up passengers. 12. Crowd on West Market Street Attending the Sangerfest Parade Crowds; Parades & processions; Business districts; Transportation; Clothing & dress; Streets; City traffic; Carts & wagons; Traction Terminal Building (Indianapolis, Ind.) The Traction Terminal shed and building are on the left. 13. Traction Terminal Sheds Electric railroads; Street railroad stations; Street railroad tracks Curved tracks come out from below the Traction Terminal sheds. 14. Traction Terminal, 1906 Street railroad stations; Capitols; Office buildings View of the Traction Terminal office building and train sheds. Horse-drawn carriages and a streetcar travel down the surrounding streets. The Capitol is visible in the background. 15. Traction Terminal Newsstand Street railroad stations; Waiting rooms; Newspaper vendors; Passengers Interior of Traction Terminal showing the newsstand and waiting passengers. 16. Trains in Shed of Traction Terminal Street railroad stations; Street railroads; Street railroad tracks Wooden train cars sit on the tracks in the train shed of Traction Terminal. 17. Indiana Railroad Mail Car at Traction Terminal Electric railroads; Railroad mail service; Postal service; Street railroad stations Indiana Railroad car no. 375, carrying U.S. mail, at Traction Terminal. Destination sign reads Fort Wayne. 18. Traction Terminal, 1907 Electric railroads; Street railroad stations; Office buildings Traction Terminal office building and train sheds with trains passing through. People in a horseless carriage ride past in the foreground. 19. Traction Terminal, 1910 Street railroad stations; Street railroads; Office buildings Traction Terminal office building and the neighboring train shed. Several trains are visible within the train shed. Horse-drawn carriages travel down the surrounding streets. 20. Traction Terminal Building Street railroads; Street railroad facilities; Street railroad stations; Office buildings View of the Traction Terminal Building and shed. The office building sits on a street corner. Some road work is being done across the street. A horse-drawn carriage and some automobiles can be seen along... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 114 item(s)  page 1 of 6 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  >> ) :: previous : next
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