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The Southern Pacific Railroad, building the nation's second transcontinental rail line eastward from California, reached Tucson on March 20, 1880. Its arrival occasioned one of the greatest celebrations in the city's history and heralded a new era of fast, reliable, and inexpensive transportation that brought increased growth, development, and prosperity. The original station, built in 1880, was a large wooden structure with offices and freight and passenger accommodations. It was replaced by the present depot, built on the same site in 1907.
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