Council Bluffs Transfer Depot
Council Bluffs Transfer Depot | |||||||||||
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Union Pacific Station Transfer Depot and Hotel | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1000 South 21 Street Council Bluffs, Iowa | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°15′09″N 95°52′31″W / 41.252528°N 95.875278°W | ||||||||||
| Lines | Union Pacific Railroad First transcontinental railroad | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1878 (original depot 1865) | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1928 - Hotel demolished before 1936 | ||||||||||
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Council Bluffs Transfer Depot is a former train station in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The depot had a grand hotel as it was the terminus for the First transcontinental railroad that headed west from the depot. In 1872, the Union Pacific Railroad built the Union Pacific Missouri River Bridge over the Missouri River connecting the transcontinental railroad (Union Pacific Railroad Overland Route) and Omaha, Nebraska to Council Bluffs. The bridge was 2,750 feet (840 m) long, and from the bridge had a one-mile long track which led up to the Council Bluffs Transfer Depot and its hotel. The depot and Council Bluffs Transfer Hotel names were given due to the many eastern trains that arrived for passengers and freight/US mail, which transferred to the transcontinental railroad heading west. The Depot and Hotel was built in the high high victorian italianate architecture style.