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==[[Windsor]] Wharves== | ==[[Windsor]] Wharves== | ||
| − | [[Windsor]]'s waterfront had an extensive series of tidal wharves for freight service served by several long spurs from the [[Windsor Railyard]]. | + | [[Windsor]]'s waterfront had an extensive series of tidal wharves for freight service served by several long spurs from the [[Windsor Railyard]]. The use of the wharves declined as shipping to Windsor fell off after World War II. All traces of the wharves wee removed when the Windsor causeway was constructed in the 1970s. |
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| + | Image:DAR0025b.jpg|[[DAR0025|No. 25]], leading the Royal Train at [[Windsor Station]] in 1901 with cars parked on the [[Windsor Wharves]] in the background on the left. | ||
Image:1914 windsor 4.jpg|Detail of panorama of [[Windsor Railyard]] showing [[DAR000046|Baggage No. 46]], [[DAR000425|flat car No. 425]] and freight cars on the [[Windsor Wharves]] in 1914. | Image:1914 windsor 4.jpg|Detail of panorama of [[Windsor Railyard]] showing [[DAR000046|Baggage No. 46]], [[DAR000425|flat car No. 425]] and freight cars on the [[Windsor Wharves]] in 1914. | ||
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Windsor Wharves
Windsor's waterfront had an extensive series of tidal wharves for freight service served by several long spurs from the Windsor Railyard. The use of the wharves declined as shipping to Windsor fell off after World War II. All traces of the wharves wee removed when the Windsor causeway was constructed in the 1970s.
No. 25, leading the Royal Train at Windsor Station in 1901 with cars parked on the Windsor Wharves in the background on the left.
Detail of panorama of Windsor Railyard showing Baggage No. 46, flat car No. 425 and freight cars on the Windsor Wharves in 1914.
No. 411585 at the Windsor Railyard with ruins of Windsor Wharves in background on Sept. 12, 1964.
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