National Historic Landmark - Harrisburg Station and Trainshed

With its passenger station and two train sheds, the Harrisburg Station is the most important structure remaining from the years when the city was a major stop along the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

The passenger station provides a good example of turn-of-the-century railroad construction, while the sheds are significant in their use of the Fink truss structural system.

Patented in 1854 by Albert Fink, the Fink truss is remarkable for its capacity to span long distances utilizing a relatively light-weight structural system.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historic Landmarks

Photo Courtesy Library of Congress Historic American Building Survey