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15/ The last Minneapolis train station was the grandest. Old Union Depot, an engineering marvel in its day, was ugly and soon outdated. JJ Hill's business was also now an empire and he wanted an edifice to match. The new Great Northern Station opened on Hennepin Avenue in 1913.
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16/ The station's austere neoclassical style bespoke serious railroading inside. All mainline passenger trains in Minneapolis were rerouted here, except for competitors Milwaukee Road, Rock Island and Soo which kept their operations at the Milwaukee depot on Washington Ave.
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