Color postcard (13 1/2 x 8 1/2 cm) with a view of Union Station and tracks, 10th & Marcy Streets, Omaha, Nebraska, looking across several tracks. Four railroad engines are seen in the image.
This is the second station to be erected on the 801 South 10th Street site. Construction of the new depot, designed by Chicago architect Charles Frost, began in October 1898. It was completed on December 1, 1899, at a cost of $405,782. The façade rose 60 feet above the viaduct and was constructed from Omaha pressed brick. Bedford stone was used for architectural details. A canopy of glass and iron protected passengers from the elements as they entered the station. Three synchronized clocks were visible both day and night from different directions. The tracks had the modern innovation of interlocking switches on all tracks approaching or serving the station. Source: Johnson, Carla, Union Pacific and Omaha Union Station, South Platte Press, c2001, pp. 24-28.
