From collection General Photograph Collection
Kansas City, Missouri - Circa 1880 The completionof building the Kansas City Pitts & Gulf Railway to the "Grand Central Station" train depot located at 2nd and Wyandotte Streets, The tracks were laid down the center of 2nd Street, from East to West. The workmen are replacing Walnut Street going South over the railroad tracks. The depot was opened in 1890, The building in this photograph was not identified. The Missouri river can be seen on the Left side of photograph Original image published in the book, "Historic Street Scenes of Kansas City, Missouri, 1867-1931," by Raymond S. Elder, featuring the Val B. Minton Photographics Collection, page 24.
