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| − | [[:Category:Subdivision Yarmouth|Subdivision Yarmouth]], Mile 4.78 | + | [[:Category:Subdivision Yarmouth|Subdivision Yarmouth]], Mile 4.78 |
| − | The station at [[Upper Clements]] was a shelter with a platform. While only a one-room shelter, it was finely decorated with architectural details and long overhanging eaves. The station was a scheduled stop from 1894 to 1951 | + | The station at [[Upper Clements]] was a shelter with a platform. While only a one-room shelter, it was finely decorated with architectural details and long overhanging eaves. The station was a scheduled stop from 1894 to 1951. |
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| + | Description from John Ferguson: | ||
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| + | The Upper Clements Railway station in front of Homer and Lulu Potter's property, Upper Clements Nova Scotia. The driveway to my grandparents house is to the left of the station. They purchased the property from James Williams in the early 1920's. The Williams family operated a post office in the back of their house. The post office closed sometime before my grandparents took over the property. After the Williams family left, Reg Thomas looked after the station from the early 1920's until his death in 1940. My grandparents continued to maintain the station until it closed. I am not sure if it was late 1940 or sometime in the 1950's when the station closed. My aunt can remember sweeping out the station along with my mother in the early 1940's as well as the hobo's that stopped there in the 1930's.<ref>John Ferguson Facebook Post 2:20 pm Sun May 2, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/groups/DARDPI.ca/1091262307908864</ref> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<Gallery perrow=5> <!-- This sets the number of gallery columns to 5 even though it say row (??). --> | <Gallery perrow=5> <!-- This sets the number of gallery columns to 5 even though it say row (??). --> | ||
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| + | File:UpperClements1.jpg|[[Upper Clements]] station, looking southeast, with spur track in foreground, circa late 1920s, early 1930s. | ||
| + | File:UpperClements2.jpg|[[Upper Clements Station]], looking southwest with two passengers waiting for the train, photograph by Ruth Swiber, circa 1900-1910. | ||
| + | File:UpperClements3.jpg|[[Upper Clements Station]], looking southeast with station privy behind, date unknown. | ||
File:YA-04.78_Upper_Clements.jpg|Track Chart of Upper Clements showing location of station and platform. | File:YA-04.78_Upper_Clements.jpg|Track Chart of Upper Clements showing location of station and platform. | ||
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</Gallery> | </Gallery> | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
[[Category:Stations]] | [[Category:Stations]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:06, 8 May 2020
Subdivision Yarmouth, Mile 4.78
The station at Upper Clements was a shelter with a platform. While only a one-room shelter, it was finely decorated with architectural details and long overhanging eaves. The station was a scheduled stop from 1894 to 1951.
Description from John Ferguson:
The Upper Clements Railway station in front of Homer and Lulu Potter's property, Upper Clements Nova Scotia. The driveway to my grandparents house is to the left of the station. They purchased the property from James Williams in the early 1920's. The Williams family operated a post office in the back of their house. The post office closed sometime before my grandparents took over the property. After the Williams family left, Reg Thomas looked after the station from the early 1920's until his death in 1940. My grandparents continued to maintain the station until it closed. I am not sure if it was late 1940 or sometime in the 1950's when the station closed. My aunt can remember sweeping out the station along with my mother in the early 1940's as well as the hobo's that stopped there in the 1930's.[1]
Gallery
Upper Clements station, looking southeast, with spur track in foreground, circa late 1920s, early 1930s.
Upper Clements Station, looking southwest with two passengers waiting for the train, photograph by Ruth Swiber, circa 1900-1910.
Upper Clements Station, looking southeast with station privy behind, date unknown.
Track Chart of Upper Clements showing location of station and platform.
References
- ↑ John Ferguson Facebook Post 2:20 pm Sun May 2, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/groups/DARDPI.ca/1091262307908864
