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File:DAR - Hantsport Station East End - Harold Jenkins Photo - Unknown Date - July 1959.JPG|[[Hantsport Station]] east end, with the [[Laurie Sanford Apple Warehouse|Sandford apple warehouse]], July 1959. | File:DAR - Hantsport Station East End - Harold Jenkins Photo - Unknown Date - July 1959.JPG|[[Hantsport Station]] east end, with the [[Laurie Sanford Apple Warehouse|Sandford apple warehouse]], July 1959. | ||
File:DAR - Hantsport Station Yard - Harold Jenkins Photo - Unknown Date - July 1959.JPG|[[Hantsport Station]] and the [[Hantsport Railyard]] with the [[Laurie Sanford Apple Warehouse|Sandford apple warehouse]] and the United Fruit Companies Warehouse, July 1959. | File:DAR - Hantsport Station Yard - Harold Jenkins Photo - Unknown Date - July 1959.JPG|[[Hantsport Station]] and the [[Hantsport Railyard]] with the [[Laurie Sanford Apple Warehouse|Sandford apple warehouse]] and the United Fruit Companies Warehouse, July 1959. | ||
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Image:Hantsport Station 1961.jpg|[[Hantsport Station]] with the [[Laurie Sanford Apple Warehouse|Sandford apple warehouse]] and United Fruit Companies warehouse, August 1961. | Image:Hantsport Station 1961.jpg|[[Hantsport Station]] with the [[Laurie Sanford Apple Warehouse|Sandford apple warehouse]] and United Fruit Companies warehouse, August 1961. | ||
Image:Hantsport NS depot 7-18-1975 151.jpg|[[Hantsport Station|Hantsport depot]] July 18, 1975. | Image:Hantsport NS depot 7-18-1975 151.jpg|[[Hantsport Station|Hantsport depot]] July 18, 1975. | ||
Revision as of 18:52, 3 October 2018
Hantsport Station
Wood Station c. 1870 - 1943
Hantsport did not have a station when the Windsor and Annapolis Railway first began operations through the town in 1869[1] The first Hantsport station was a standard Windsor and Annapolis passenger and freight station built circa 1870.
Description:[2]
- Station Building, 40' x 22'
- Station Platform, 200' x 14'
- Water Tank (pump), 15' x 14'
The first station was destroyed in a fire in 1943.[3]
Gallery
Hantsport Station with crowds gathered for a VIP train showing the water tower and the Hantsport Fruit Basket Company, possibly during the 1901 royal visit.
Hantsport viewed looking east from boxcar on the Hantsport team track with the Hantsport Station and the Laurie Sanford Apple Warehouse, circa 1895.
Brick Station 1944 - Present
It was replaced by a Tudor revival station, similar to the Bridgetown Station, based on the standard CPR Station Design No. 16.[4] The new station was completed in 1944. It was designated a provincial heritage building in 1995.[5]
Gallery
Hantsport Station east end, with the Sandford apple warehouse, July 1959.
Hantsport Station and the Hantsport Railyard with the Sandford apple warehouse and the United Fruit Companies Warehouse, July 1959.
Hantsport Station, trackside, July 1959.
Hantsport Station with the Sandford apple warehouse and United Fruit Companies warehouse, August 1961.
Hantsport depot July 18, 1975.
Hantsport Station and CPR Boxcar 52477, circa August 1986.
Hantsport Station on July 15th, 2009.
Hantsport Station on August 30, 2011.
Hantsport Station with the yard to the right on August 30, 2011.
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References and Footnotes
- ↑ Hattie Chittick, Hantsport on Avon, Hantsport Women's Institute, 1968, page 27.
- ↑ Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab, C. E., November 1, 1873, p. 21.
- ↑ "Hantsport Railway Station", Canadian Historic Places database
- ↑ Plans for CPR Station No. 16 at Canadian Pacific Historical Association
- ↑ "Hantsport Railway Station", Canadian Historic Places database
