The Joplin Union Depot is a railroad station in Joplin, Missouri. The station was served by a number of railroads, two of which were the Kansas City Southern Railway and the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. The station was completed in July 1911. On November 4, 1969, the last train, the Southern Belle visited the station, ending 58 years of constant service. After train service ended, the station slowly deteriorated.
Designed by the Canadian-born architect Louis Curtiss, the station was featured in the January 1912 edition of Popular Mechanics for its use of mining waste in the concrete.
On March 14, 1973, the station was entered into the National Register of Historic Places. It is currently unoccupied. There are currently plans to restore the depot. There have been many ideas for its use, but none have been made certain. This would tie in with the revitalization of downtown.
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You may park near Downtown and take a short walk to find the cache and look over the bridge. The cache is located on north side of the street, in a safe location (No acrobatics required), and in the public right-of-way, and accessed near the pedistrian walkway.
Please walk out the the middle of the bridge and enjoy a spectacular view of the old train depot. Take pictures and share them with us!
Congratulations to Wood-n-Block for First To Find!!
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On a side note - when you walk out to the GZ, you will likely literally step over a Benchmark. I've listed the Benchmark as a point of reference for informational purposes only. I'd imagine that a lot of Geocachers have never noticed a Benchmark in the wild before :) You can 'Find' Benchmarks and log them as well. They will show up on your Statistics under the types of Geocache you have found, but will not add to your total count.