Sections of Train Shed

Reading Terminal Market train shed. — This architectural drawing renders the Reading Terminal Train Shed with the Market House and Cold Storage Cellar below ground, as well as offices, skylights, tunnels, and driveways. The drawing measures the terminal to be 266’6” wide and 622’11⅝” at the longitudinal cross section.

About this item

is part of: Discourse and Discovery: Places of Gathering in Philadelphia
contributing repository: Athenaeum of Philadelphia
title: Sections of Train Shed
date(s) created: circa 1890-1893
creator(s): Wilson Brothers & Company, architects and engineers
language: English
subjects: Philadelphia, architecture, culture, gathering, place
identifier (local): WLB*002-21377
link to item in repository’s digital library: https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/im_display.cfm/788692
rights: https://philaathenaeum.org/rights-and-reproductions/