The first Cleveland Union Depot was built in 1854 at the foot of a hill where Bank (West Sixth) and Water (West Ninth) Streets met by the Lake Erie shore. It cost $75,000 to build and consisted of several wooden sheds. Its location enabled passengers to make easy transfers between trains and boats. Shown is the depot in an 1854 image that was originally a woodcut print. (Cleveland State University Library Special Collections.)

ON THE COVER : The Euclid Railroad was incorporated in 1883 to build a spur from the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (NYC&St.L) to stone quarries west of Green Road in Euclid Township. The line, built between 1883 and 1884, was nearly a mile and a half. Motive power was furnished by the NYC&St.L. Two crew members ride the front of a locomotive on the spur on August 30, 1950. (Cleveland State University Library Special Collections.)