Print ArticleFor decades, it was the gateway to Florida and the largest passenger rail station south of Washington, DC. With over 2,000 employees, it was also one of Jacksonville's largest employers. Unfortunately, they say good things must come to an end. Today, Metro Jacksonville shares a visual timeline of the rise and fall of downtown's train station: The Jacksonville Terminal.
Streetcars line Bay Street to pick up and drop off riders at the Jacksonville Terminal in 1921.
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From left to right: An aerial of the Brooklyn neighborhood, McCoys Creek, Jacksonville Terminal and Railroad Row District during the 1920s.
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The Jacksonville Terminal concourse in 1921.
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The Jacksonville Terminal concourse in 1921.
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The Atlantic Coast Line engine 1723 at the Jacksonville Terminal. This locomotive was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1921 and scrapped on November 16, 1925.
State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/146893
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