Big Four Depot

Big Four Depot (HMDF1)

Location: Galion, OH 44833 Crawford County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 44.053', W 82° 47.049'

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This Depot, dedicated on December 27, 1900, served as division headquarters for the Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati, and St. Louis railroad, commonly called the Big Four. Peak passenger usage occurred during and after World War I when 32 trains stopped here daily. Railway Express serviced as many as 20 trains a day into the 1950s, and Galion became a "whistle stop" for presidential campaigns with speeches from the train platform from such candidates as Al Smith in 1928, Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932, and Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon in 1952. In 1929 the New York Central acquired the Big Four, which moved the division headquarters west to Bellefontaine in Logan County. The ticket office remained opened until 1964, but all railroad offices closed in 1969. The Depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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HM NumberHMDF1
Series This marker is part of the Ohio: Ohio Historical Society series
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Marker Number9-17
Year Placed2003
Placed ByOhio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, City of Galion, and The Ohio Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Saturday, September 20th, 2014 at 8:15pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 349345 N 4510784
Decimal Degrees40.73421667, -82.78415000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 44.053', W 82° 47.049'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 44' 3.18" N, 82° 47' 2.94" W
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Area Code(s)419, 567
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 109-151 N Washington St, Galion OH 44833, US
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