Great Temple of Travel : A Pictorial History of Birmingham Terminal Station 1909

Cloth with dust jacket , 8.5x11", 128 glossy pages, color and b/w photos throughout. "Extensive documentation and scores of photographs and illustrations pay tribute to the once "great temple of travel." From the arrival of Birmingham's first railroads in 1870, to the end of rail service in 1979, the book describes the circumstances leading to the formation of Birmingham Terminal Company and the construction of Terminal Station. Details of the building's classic design are given in the words of its noted architect, P. Thornton Mayre, and the station's construction is seen in rare early photographs and vintage post cards. A photographic tour of Terminal Station's interior highlights the magnificent main waiting room, with its vaulted 100-foot high dome and soaring windows."