Memphis: Union Station in The Mansion (Location)

Submitted by sfr on Sun, 2017-10-22 11:39
Text: 
The Mansion
Location Key: 
Memphis: Union Station
Display Label: 
Union Railroad Station
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OutOfYoknapatawpha
Authority : 
Text (when unambiguous)
Other Texts Location Appears In: 
The Reivers
X: 
694
Y: 
255
Description: 

The "Union Depot in Memphis" (104) opened in 1912. It first appears in the novel as a reference point for big buildings, but later Mink tries to spend the night sleeping inside its "hollowly sonorous rotunda" (317). In is a few blocks away from what the novel refers to as "another depot" (318), Memphis' older Central Station.

Role: 
Site of Event
Status: 
Continuous
Types: 
Railroad Station
True X: 
2324
True Y: 
271

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