https://mallhistory.org/files/original/4b8ed807fe4f97ddd05e890a6664f7bf.jpg 3c040225735426518e4ec7506c4f25fe Event A non-persistent, time-based occurrence. Metadata for an event provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration, and responsible agents associated with an event. Examples include an exhibition, webcast, conference, workshop, open day, performance, battle, trial, wedding, tea party, conflagration. Event Type Openings and Dedications Event Sort Date For sort purposes only. Use YYYYMMDD with no spaces. If no MM or DD, use 00. For multi-day events, use first day. 18720000 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baltimore & Potomac Railroad bisects the National Mall Description An account of the resource <p>In 1872, the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/42">Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station</a> opened near the Capitol, <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/346">crossing the parks and lawns of the National Mall</a>. The first train departed at 5 a.m. on July 2 with sixty passengers. The depot buildings were opened in 1874. The presence of the railroad on the Mall was controversial until it was removed in 1907. Although the Mall was barely developed when the railroad arrived, some argued that the noisy, dirty, smelly steam-driven locomotives would ruin the landscape of the park. Others believed that the Mall could accommodate both technology and nature and that the railroad represented progress and economic growth.</p> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/90710994/">View original.</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1860-1889 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1872 commerce & trade ghost mall neighborhood