Grand Central Terminal - National Civil Engineering Landmark

NATIONAL HISTORIC CIVIL ENGINEERING LANDMARK

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS

1852

GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL, NEW YORK

SPEARHEADED BY CHIEF ENGINEER WILLIAM J. WILGUS AND CONSTRUCTED UNDER CHALLENGING CONDITIONS WITH NO INTERRUPTION OF EXISTING TRAIN SERVICE, GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL WAS A TRIUMPH OF INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING IN THE DESIGN OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION CENTERS. ITS NOVEL, TWO-LEVEL STATION, MADE POSSIBLE BY ELECTRIC TRACTION, STREAMLINED BOTH TRAIN AND PASSENGER MOVEMENT BY SEPARATING LONG-HAUL AND SUBURBAN TRAFFIC AND EMPLOYING AN EXTENSIVE SYSTEM OF PEDESTRIAN RAMPS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. WITH THE TRACKS AND PLATFORMS BELOW GRADE, THE LEASE OF "AIR RIGHTS" FOR MORE THAN TWENTY FIVE OVERHEAD BUILDINGS HELPED FUND THE PROJECT.

Opened to the Public: 1913

Dedicated: 2013

Submitted by @lampbane