View of Union Station hotel and train station from the corner of Chestnut Street and 18th Street in downtown St. Louis. Numerous commuters and vehicles are shown entering and exiting the immense station.
This page is an excerpt from an unknown text. The page includes text describing the role of the Mississippi Valley and St. Louis in the areas of railroad industry and river trade during the 1870s. The lithograph in the top right corner of the page illustrates a mining operation at Iron Mountain, an important source of minerals for the region, Men are shown hard at work among loose boulders with various tools and railroad equipment.
Photograph of construction site at railway interchange. Tunnels are being dug under existing railroad tracks. A steam shovel is loading dirt onto rail cars. Men with teams of horses are visible in the trench.