Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station
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The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station, now Landry's Grand Concourse restaurant in Station Square Plaza in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is an historic building that was erected in 1898. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station served as the depot for the passenger rail operations of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad and the Pittsburgh depot from 1934 into the 1960s. Many of the trains making stops here were trains of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which were making their way to Pittsburgh from Baltimore, Washington, Chicago, Detroit, and St. Louis. In 1934, the B&O obtained trackage rights on the P&LE from New Castle Junction to McKeesport and, until the discontinuance of its passenger service, used the P&LE station to reduce the amount of heavy-curvature trackage required to reach the original B&O station on the opposite side of the Monongahela River. The station closed in 1985 after the last commuter train to College Hill station was discontinued. The Pittsburgh Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Pittsburgh–Buffalo Express (Pittsburgh–Erie–Buffalo, with sleepers to Toronto and Albany, eastbound)/Buffalo–Pittsburgh Express (Buffalo–Erie–Pittsburgh with sleepers from Toronto and Albany, westbound) Pittsburgh–Detroit Express (Pittsburgh–Detroit, westbound only) Steel King (Cleveland–Pittsburgh, with sleepers to Washington via the B&O's Washingtonian) Media related to Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Station at Wikimedia Commons Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1231, "Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Station, Smithfield & Carson Streets, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA", 2 photos, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page
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When was Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station listed on the National Register?
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 1974.
What type of historic resource is Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station?
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The period of significance for Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station is recorded as the industrial era.
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