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Title: Old Union Depot Was Something Special, Too
Description: Photo and history about the old Union Depot railroad station, surrounded by railroads and "reached by the elevated street railway line."
Date: 1964-11-04
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Dee-Po Stone Raises Ghost of Day When Inconvenience Was Picturesque
Description: History of Union Depot from 1877 to 1915, on "bawdy" Union Avenue, "reached via the famous 'cattle chute' by way of the Eighth Street Tunnel and exciting Ninth Street Incline."
Date: 1945-04-16
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Hair-Raising Ninth Street Incline Is Recalled
Description: Recollections about the 9th Street Incline and the last cable line run in Kansas City forty years ago.
Date: 1953-10-13
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Station on the Elevated
Description: Photo and description of the elevated street railway.
Date: 1946-04-14
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: In the 'City of the Future' Unique Streetcar Rise Raised Hair
Description: Short article and postcard image of the Ninth Street Incline and West Bottoms District. The line was designed by civil engineer Robert Gillham and completed in 1885. At the time, it was one of only two routes from downtown to the old Union Depot.
Date: 2010-08-18
Object Type: Newspaper Article