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The Passenger Concourse is 225 feet (69 m) long, 66 feet (20 m) wide, and 58.5 feet (17.8 m) tall (63.5 feet [19.4 m] at the domed ends). The Passenger Concourse included various rental spaces; a restaurant with a dining room, lunch room, and coffee shop; a Western Union telegraph office; and a soda fountain, along with standard station ...
With a race against the weather, bids for the construction of new drainage came in September 1951. Six different bids came in on the project, which would involve the construction of 264 feet (80 m) of 42-inch (110 cm) wide pipes along with 4,800 square feet (450 m 2) of fill and two catch basins. The bids ranged from $6,000–$7,000 and higher.
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA / ˈ m ɑːr t ə /) is the principal public transport operator in the Atlanta metropolitan area.Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system, MARTA operates a network of bus routes linked to a rapid transit system consisting of 48 miles (77 km) of rail track with 38 subway stations.
California High-Speed Rail (CAHSR) is a publicly funded high-speed rail system being developed in California by the California High-Speed Rail Authority.Phase 1, about 494 miles (795 km) long, is planned to run from San Francisco to Los Angeles and Anaheim via the Central Valley, and is partially funded and under construction.
The Mets–Willets Point station is a rapid transit station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway.Located near the Citi Field baseball stadium, it is served by the 7 train at all times and by the express <7> train during rush hours in the peak direction or after sporting events. [5]
[21] [71] [72] [e] A layer of sand was present to a depth of 130 feet (40 m), while the average depth of the bedrock under the building was about 144 feet (44 m). [73] The contract for the foundations was the largest to be awarded for a single building in the United States, with 140,000 cubic yards (110,000 m 3 ) being excavated at a cost of $1 ...
Lifelong picker and yard sale aficionado Lester is known by his neighbors as the spooky collector because of his taxidermy collection (where the guys get a beaver fur backpack, stuffed miniature horse, Gendron pedal car, fishing creel, wall clock, metal doll dresser, a large hotel arrow sign that was allegedly on Route 66, a Buddy L toy truck ...
In India, the collision of a fast moving passenger train and a stalled freight train killed 40 people and injured 19 others near Moradabad in the Uttar Pradesh state. [187] Near Weaverville, California, Trinity High School students conducted a mock funeral for the Trinity River, claiming that the Trinity Dam had ruined it as a habitat for fish ...