MORE UNION STATION

The east side of the Union Station served the Providence & Worcester and the Boston & Providence.

The Providence Cove. The west side of the Union Station served the New York Providence & Boston.

The State House would be built on the hill at the top left of the photo.

Two views of the same westbound train on the west side of the station which can be seen on the right in the first photo. The Cove is in the background. The purpose of the bell tower on the left is not known.

A New Haven A-1 Class 4-4-0 as seen from the west end of the Union Station February 1, 1898.

The Biltmore Hotel would be built at the location of the building on the far left.

New York Providence & Boston 11 at the west end of the Union Station. The "W. F. Cary" was built by the Taunton Locomotive Works in 1863.

A Providence & Worcester local train hauled by a Forney-type locomotive is at the east end of the Union Depot. The time is near the end of the station's life since the equipment is now lettered New York Providence & Boston, the railroad which leased the P&W in 1889. The train is standing on the bridge over the connection between the Cove and the Providence River. The "logs" floating in the Cove are probably pilings to be used in the construction of the new station.

Boston & Providence 45 "Viaduct" at the Cove in 1876. The locomotive is typical of the engines built by Master Mechanic George S. Griggs. It was built in 1873 at the B&P Shops.

Hartford Providence & Fishkill Number 23, "Governor Jewell", was photographed in Hartford at the time it was completed by the company's shops in 1869. The HP&F entered Providence in 1854 and its trains used the Union Station. The Railroad's west end was on the Hudson River and it had plans to continue from Providence to Boston. However, circumstances resulted in it reaching Boston by a route north of the Rhode Island border. The line from Providence joined the Hudson River to Boston main line at Willimantic.

A statue of General Burnside stood at the east end of the Union Station. Burnside was a famous Civil War leader, rifle manufacturer, railroad executive, Rhode Island Governor and U.S. Senator. He was also the first president of the Rhode Island Locomotive Works which built locomotives in Providence from 1866 to 1908. The Providence & Worcester freight house is to the right

A view of the Providence & Worcester freight house at the east side of the Union Station. Thomas Tefft designed the P&W freight house and the Boston & Providence freight house which stood behind it. The wagons are crossing the bridge over the waterway which connected the Cove and the Providence River. The road connected Canal Street in the background with Exchange Place. The tracks on the curve in the upper left lead into the station while the track on the right leads to the harbor.

TEFFT'S PROVIDENCE & WORCESTER FREIGHT HOUSE ON THE COVE

The track at the left bottom leads to wharves on the west side of the Providence River and the two tracks in the center bottom lead to the wharves on the east side of the river. The P&W roundhouse can be seen in the distance above the freight house.

STRING TEAM AT THE CANAL STREET FREIGHT HOUSES ON THE COVE

The Providence & Worcester used horses to pull freight cars down South Water Street to Fox Point. Steam locomotives were used

at times but the horses seemed to be preferred by the public. The string teams were not replaced until 1900 when the city

ordered that electric trolley freight service be used on the street.

Freight cars moved between the Providence & Worcester Freight House on Canal Street to Fox Point via South Water Street

until freight service provided by the electric trolley company was substituted in 1900.

The congestion at the busy crossings at the first Union Station argued for raising the tracks above street level when the new Union Station

was planned. This crossing appears to be the one west of the station. The building on the left may be the Providence & Springfield depot.