Hartford, Connecticut

An important station on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Hartford's Union Station was built in 1889 as a Romanesque Revival building with elevated four-track platforms to handle the constant arrival and departure of trains. The station was originally used by the Hartford & New Haven Railroad, the Central New England Railway, the Hartford & Connecticut Valley Railroad (all of which were merged into the NYNH&H) and the New York & New England Railroad. A fire in 1914 required the structure to undergo reconstruction. The station, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is still in use today by Amtrak trains. In our first card, circa 1910, we see the elevated track and platforms with the state capitol building in the distance. Note the locomotive water crane on the left. The second card, circa 1915, shows the station's interior as it looked after the 1914 fire.