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It was replaced by a Tudor revival station, similar to the [[Bridgetown Station]], based on the standard CPR Station Design No. 16.<ref>[http://www.cptracks.ca/data/Structures/H-15-66.pdf Plans for CPR Station No. 16 at Canadian Pacific Historical Association]</ref> The new station was completed in 1944. It is protected by both federal and provincial heritage laws, designated a historic railway station by the federal government in 1992<ref>[https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/culture/clmhc-hsmbc/pat-her/gar-sta/ne-ns "The Directory of Designated Railway Stations in Nova Scotia", ''Canadian Heritage'']</ref> and as a provincial heritage building in 1995.<ref>[https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7816 "Hantsport Railway Station", ''Canadian Historic Places database'']</ref>
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It was replaced by a Tudor revival station, similar to the [[Bridgetown Station]], based on the standard CPR Station Design No. 16.<ref>[http://www.cptracks.ca/data/Structures/H-15-66.pdf Plans for CPR Station No. 16 at Canadian Pacific Historical Association]</ref> The new station was completed in 1944 making it one of the last stations built by the DAR. It is protected by both federal and provincial heritage laws, designated a historic railway station by the federal government in 1992<ref>[https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/culture/clmhc-hsmbc/pat-her/gar-sta/ne-ns "The Directory of Designated Railway Stations in Nova Scotia", ''Canadian Heritage'']</ref>, which means it cannot be demolished or altered without federal alteration<ref>[[Daily News - 1993-01-23 - Hantsport Station Heritage Designation|"Railway Station Designated" ''Daily News'', January 23, 1993.]]</ref> and was further designated as a provincial heritage building in 1995.<ref>[https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7816 "Hantsport Railway Station", ''Canadian Historic Places database'']</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 14:00, 18 June 2019


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]

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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 making it one of the last stations built by the DAR. It is protected by both federal and provincial heritage laws, designated a historic railway station by the federal government in 1992[5], which means it cannot be demolished or altered without federal alteration[6] and was further designated as a provincial heritage building in 1995.[7]

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