Painesville station
Painesville is a disused railroad depot in Painesville, Ohio. It was opened in 1893 to replace an older depot on the same line. The depot is located on Railroad Street. The depot is currently used as a railroad museum.[1]
Painesville | |||||||||||
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 Painesville railroad museum in 2018 | |||||||||||
| Location | 475 Railroad Street Painesville, Ohio 44077 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41.7334°N 81.2436°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway (1893 – 1914) New York Central (1914 – 1968) Penn Central (1968 – 1971) Greyhound Lines (1971 – 1988) Conrail (1971 – 1993) Edward Dunlap (1993 – 1997) Western Reserve Railroad Ascociation (1997 – present) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Website | http://www.painesvillerailroadmuseum.org/ | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | February 1, 1893 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1971 | ||||||||||
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| 1892 | Groundbreaking | ||||||||||
| 2017 | Museum Opening | ||||||||||
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History
July 1892 - Groundbreaking of the new Lake Shore depot.
February 1, 1893 - Station opens
May 1971 - Passenger service to Painesville Depot had stopped, the depot became a Greyhound Bus station until about mid 1988.
1988 - Conrail used the depot for storing signals and equipment.
1997 - The Western Reserve Railroad Association was formed to help save this historic landmark.
2002 - Ohio Historical Maker awarded[2]
2015 - City of Painesville makes Railroad Street and Depot a Historic District.
2017 - Railroad museum opens
Painesville LS&MS station sign
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References
- "The Painesville Railroad Museum". painesvillerailroadmuseum.org. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
- "Remarkable Ohio". remarkableohio.org. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
External links
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