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The Dixie Terminal buildings in Cincinnati, Ohio were completed in 1921 and served as streetcar terminal, stock exchange and office building in downtown Cincinnati. They were designed by Cincinnati architect Frederick W. Garber's Garber & Woodward firm. The main building includes an "Adamesque barrel-vaulted concourse" and "Rookwood Architectural Faience entry arch". The Rookwood tiles were manufactured by the local Rookwood Pottery Company.
A long and elaborate arcade runs through from main entrance through the building; shops were located alongside. The building included marble floors, Bottincino marble wainscot, metal trimmings, and "costly brightly decorated ceilings, with fanciful medallions showing little children riding on the backs of various animals". Joseph Francis Beller is believed responsible for the original gold-leafing and the "frolicking" cherubs in the building.
Located at Fourth and Walnut Streets, the Terminal was constructed of reinforced concrete and finished in gray brick, Bedford limestone, and granite. It includes two structures: the 4-story south building extending to Third Street, where streetcars entered and left, and the "handsome" 10-story north building, housing railroad ticket agencies, the Cincinnati Stock Exchange, administrative offices of the Cincinnati Street Railway Company, commercial offices and shops.
The terminal was used for bus service after streetcar service ceased in the 1950s. Buses arriving from northern Kentucky crossed the Roebling Suspension Bridge and took ramps from the bridge into the terminal. The ramps were removed and the bus service ceased using the terminal in 1998 .
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Dixie Terminal was the Cincinnati Trust where Charlie goes to find out the whereabouts of the $3 million trust fund that he felt he was entitled to. The building is absolutely beautiful and looks very much like the way it was depicted in the movie. In the movie it served as a bank with clerks and desks, while in reality it was at one time a streetcar terminal and is now an office space but it hasn’t lost its grandeur. It was very exciting walking the same path that Charlie does as he approached the desk clerk. My excitement was short lived, though, when I saw the view (or lack thereof) from the window at the end of the corridor. In the movie this window offers a spectacular view of the Ohio River and the Roebling Suspension Bridge, which was the prototype for the Brooklyn Bridge. That view is now totally blocked by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. I’ve been to the Freedom Center before and they now possess this wonderful view. Sadly the Dixie Terminal now overlooks the concrete facade of the museum. I was so disappointed because that view, as seen in the movie, was really wonderful and could have been seen all the way from the main entrance. As I was walking around the main corridor watching the people who worked there go about their business I wondered if any of them realized that they were working in a building that was not only beautiful but a location for such an important cinematic event.
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Stunning views, everywhere I turned. I could have spent hours just looking. Made me feel like I was in Versailles, or perhaps the Hermitage.
London International Cruise Terminal, Tilbury, Essex, 22 October 2019. Built in 1930 by the PLA and LMS as the P&O Ocean Liner Terminal and used as such until the 1960's. Most '£10 Poms' sailed for Australia from this terminal and also many immigrant ships landed here, including HMT Empire Windrush. It was connected by rail via the LT&S line to St. Pancras. In 1995 it was reopened as a cruise liner terminal.
Visited Barry Docks after seeing aerial photography of the old Research Vessel Services building - looked amazing [see set], but, at the time of my visit, was all boarded up. Slightly dissapointed, i picked some fruit and went over to the large 'Barry Terminal' abandoned shed insted.
"By 1871 the population of Barry was over the 100 mark there being 21 buildings, the new estate-owning Romilly family being involved in the build up of the village but it remained a largely agricultural community.[18][8] It grew when it was developed as a coal port in the 1880s. The coal trade was growing faster than the facilities at Cardiff in Tiger Bay ever could and so a group of colliery owners formed the Barry Railway Company and chose to build the docks at Barry. Work commenced in 1884 and the first dock basin was opened in 1889 to be followed by two other docks and extensive port installations. The Barry Railway brought coal down from the South Wales Valleys to the new docks whose trade grew from one million tons in the first year, to over nine million tons by 1903. The port was crowded with ships and had flourishing ship repair yards, cold stores, flour mills and an ice factory. By 1913, Barry was the largest coal exporting port in the world.
Behind the docks rose the terraced houses of Barry which, with Cadoxton, soon formed a sizeable town. The railways which had played a major part in the development of the dock did a great deal, too, to make Barry Island a popular resort.
Following the rise of diesel and electric power on the UK's railways, the marshalling yards at Barry Docks became the largest repository of steam engines awaiting scrapping in the UK. Eventually a significant proportion of the engines were saved by rail preservation organisations, although many were vandalised or looted by souvenir hunters."
APM Terminals Valencia successfully completed the implementation of Navis N4 in February 2021, as its new terminal operating system (TOS). A process that began last Friday night, 4 February, with the scheduled interruption of operations for the migration of data, followed by the restart of the vessel operations during the weekend, as well as on Monday in the land part. Both will gradually increase their performance as issues related to the process are addressed.
Navis N4 is the world standard for operating systems in APM Terminals' global network, and will enable its Valencia facilities to have the most advanced TOS in the port, improve processes and optimize its planning to increase productivity, with the aim of continuing to grow to become one of the leading terminals in the Mediterranean.
"Growth is one aspect, and it is the commitment of our management team, but the cultural change that Navis N4 brings is the most important thing for me. During all this time before Go Live we have worked together with our stevedoring colleagues with the necessary generosity to achieve this change that offers us common objectives and competitiveness, and that is what I am most excited about," said Carlos Arias, APM Terminals Spanish Gateways Managing Director.
"The implementation of a new operating system on a terminal is not an easy process which is usually done every two decades. Of course, there are issues that only arise when the system is in production. I won't deny that we have had issues, but I won't deny that they are being addressed in record time. A good example is the operation at the gates, which within 48 hours have gone from being at 50% of their capacity to operating normally. There are also problems in the maritime operation, but they are being solved and we hope to operate normally in the next few days," he added.
APM Terminals Valencia invested 5 million dollars in Navis N4 and spent more than 2 years setting up and training the team to provide access to the best management tools and the possibility of increasing the yard's capacity by 10%.
A National Historic Landmark
Cincinnati, Greene County, OH
Listed in NR: 10/31/1972
Designated an NHL:05/05/1977
One of the last grand-scale railroad terminals in the world, this huge Art Deco masterpiece was designed by the New York firm of Fellheimer and Wagner, who employed Paul Cret as aesthetic adviser. The terminal, built between 1929 and 1933 and originally covering 287 acres, was conceived to replace a number of decaying stations serving different rail lines. Beautifully engineered, it was planned to accommodate 17,000 people and 216 trains daily. The terminal, a distinctive round-arched, semispherical dome, still serves a reduced volume of rail traffic, and its major spaces now contain a variety of innovating museum exhibits.
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Cincinnati's magnificent art deco style railroad terminal building, now the home of Cincinnati Museum Center, was dedicated on March 31, 1933. Union Terminal was first proposed in the early part of the 20th century as a solution to the chaotic existing railroad system, which consisted of seven lines operating out of five stations. Initial planning began in the early 1900s, but floods, inter-railroad squabbling and World War I delayed the plan until the late 1920s.
New York architects Alfred Fellheimer and Steward Wagner, recognized leaders in the planning of urban railway stations, were hired to design the Union Terminal building. Their first designs were classical in style until Paul Phillipe Cret, a friend of Steward Wagner, was engaged as a consultant and influenced the art deco style of the building. Construction began in August 1929 and was completed March 31, 1933.
Cincinnati Union Terminal stands on a prominent location one mile northwest of the center of the city on land that once was Lincoln Park. Visitors approach the massive, arched, limestone and glass east facade of the building from Western Avenue and Ezzard Charles Drive through a quarter-mile plaza. The building is flanked on either side by curving wings. An illuminated fountain, cascade and pool are in the center foreground. On either side of the main doors, bas-relief figures designed by Maxfield Keck symbolize Commerce and Transportation.
During World War II, Cincinnati Union Terminal experienced unprecedented success. As a major transfer point for soldiers, the station served as many as 20,000 passengers a day. But in the 1950s, the sudden expansion of interstates and airlines led to the rapid decline of the railroad industry. By the early 1970s, only two passenger trains a day passed through Union Terminal, and in 1972, passenger train service was discontinued.
During the mid-1980s, the administrators of the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and the Cincinnati Historical Society developed plans for a joint museum project. The spaciousness of Union Terminal, coupled with its history and design, made it the top choice as a location for the project. In 1986, Hamilton County voters approved a $33 million bond issue for the restoration of the terminal. The State of Ohio and the City of Cincinnati also contributed to the restoration with grants of $8 million and $3 million, respectively. In addition, more that 3,000 Cincinnati individuals, corporations and foundations also contributed to the building's renovation.
In November 1990, Cincinnati Union Terminal reopened as the Cincinnati Museum Center, an educational and cultural complex featuring the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History, the Cincinnati Historical Society Museum and Library, and the Robert D. Lindner Family OMNIMAX® Theater. On July 29, 1991, passenger train service was officially restored to the terminal. Amtrak, which had been using a small station on River Road as a stop on its Washington, D.C.-Chicago route, moved its service to the renovated Union Terminal.
6-shot panorama of the Old Greyhound Terminal in Washington, D.C., designed by William S. Arrasmith.
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A view of the very busy scene at the AST Terminal at the Albert dock where the Atantic Nyala is being loaded for its final voyage before being scrapped.
The vessel is still in the livery of CSAL (Canada States Africa Line)
Length over all : 173,50m
Beam : 23,05m
Full summer draft : 10,37m
Gross registered tonnage : 16075
Nett tonnage : 8471
Summer deadweight : 18731
Built : 1990
Yard : Nordic Yards – Warnemunde, Rostock – Germany
Capacity : general cargo 25419 cbm / Containers 716 TEU
Reefer capacity : 30 units
Roro capacity : 242 cars or 83 trucks or 74 20TEU trailers
Cranes : 5 x 25 tons
Ramp : 25,00m long x 5,80m wide / max load 45 tons
Ex : Alioth Star (up to 1997), Global Hawk (up to 1998)Nordana Kapala, up to 1999), Thorscope (up to 2000), Lykes Winner (up to july 2004), OBL Winner (until May 2005), Aladin Dream (until March 2009)
Parting shots of San Francisco's Transbay Terminal, a now-dingy, 1930s'-era bus station that will close in early August, 2010. Thereafter, the building will be demolished and replaced by an all-new high-rise and high-speed rail station.
Grand Central Terminal (GCT)—colloquially called Grand Central Station, or shortened to simply Grand Central—is a commuter rail terminal station at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. Built by and named for the New York Central Railroad in the heyday of American long-distance passenger rail travel, it is the largest train station in the world by number of platforms: 44, with 67 tracks along them. They are on two levels, both below ground, with 41 tracks on the upper level and 26 on the lower, though the total number of tracks along platforms and in rail yards exceeds 100. When the Long Island Rail Road's new station opens in 2016 (see East Side Access), Grand Central will offer a total of 75 tracks and 48 platforms. The terminal covers an area of 48 acres.
The terminal serves commuters traveling on the Metro-North Railroad to Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties in New York State, and Fairfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut. The terminal used to be served by Amtrak, but in 1991 their trains moved to nearby Pennsylvania Station as a result of the completion of the Empire Connection.
Although the terminal has been properly called "Grand Central Terminal" since 1913, many people continue to refer to it as "Grand Central Station", the name of the previous rail station on the same site. It is also sometimes used to refer to the Grand Central – 42nd Street subway station, which serves the terminal. There is also a post office station named "Grand Central Station" that is nearby, but is not otherwise directly connected with the terminal.
Impressions of a Cargo Operation at Antwerpen Container Terminal, Belgium - Februar 2005. Container Ship CCNI Atacama
In 1891, the Reading Railroad constructed a station/terminal in what is now the Market East area of Philly. In the 1970's, usage of the terminal declined, except for the Market East Station beneath the headhouse and trainshed. Today, the complex houses a mall, market, and the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Reading Terminal. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Baggage reclaim area at Heathrow's Terminal 5 that is used exclusively by British Airways and Iberia (both members of IAG). The terminal opened in 2008 and the main building is the largest free standing structure in the UK.
London International Cruise Terminal, Tilbury, Essex, 22 October 2019. Built in 1930 by the PLA and LMS as the P&O Ocean Liner Terminal and used as such until the 1960's. Most '£10 Poms' sailed for Australia from this terminal and also many immigrant ships landed here, including HMT Empire Windrush. It was connected by rail via the LT&S line to St. Pancras. In 1995 it was reopened as a cruise liner terminal.
Star Ferry Terminal
Praise the Lord for a chance to visit HK again after 5 years, even if it was just for 3 days. :)
From Wikipedia.
Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia, also known as the Royal Yacht Britannia, is the former royal yacht of the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, in service from 1954 until 1997. She was the 83rd such vessel since King Charles II acceded to the throne in 1660, and is the second royal yacht to bear the name, the first being the racing cutter built for the Prince of Wales in 1893. During her 43-year career, the yacht travelled more than a million nautical miles around the globe. Now retired from royal service, Britannia is permanently berthed at Ocean Terminal, Leith in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a popular visitor attraction with over 300,000 visits each year.
DB Cargo General Motors/EMD JT42CWR Class 66 66057 diesel-electric locomotive passes non-stop along platform three at Carlisle Citadel railway station on the west coast mainline with 4M25 the 06:06 Mossend Euroterminal to Daventry International Railfreight Terminal container train.
APM Terminals Bahrain operates Khalifa Bin Salman Port and is a multi-purpose facility for domestic cargo, cruise traffic, and a trans-shipment hub for the growing Gulf shipping market.
I wanted to like this more than I did - I listened to an audio version which could have been my error. I generally love short stories but these all read by the same narrator in the same tone (not a bad voice) but it felt like they just melded into one another. My overall response is I am afraid, "terminal boredom". I may give this author another try in written form.