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Image:Annapolis Royal Station 1973 a.jpg|[[Annapolis Royal Station]] and [[Annapolis Royal Freight Shed| Freight Shed]] with the [[Annapolis Royal Texaco Bulk Plant|Texaco bulk fuel plant]] in the background on August 5, 1973.
 
Image:Annapolis Royal Station 1973 a.jpg|[[Annapolis Royal Station]] and [[Annapolis Royal Freight Shed| Freight Shed]] with the [[Annapolis Royal Texaco Bulk Plant|Texaco bulk fuel plant]] in the background on August 5, 1973.
 
File:Annapolis Royal Station 1973 b.jpg|[[Annapolis Royal Station]] with [[Annapolis Royal Freight Shed|freight shed]] and fuel tank cars at the [[Annapolis Royal Texaco Bulk Plant|Texaco bulk fuel siding]] on August 5, 1973.
 
 
Image:AR1970.jpg|[[Annapolis Royal Station]] and [[Annapolis Royal Freight Shed]], early 1970s.
 
  
 
Image:Dayliner at Annapolis Royal 2.jpg|Dayliner at [[Annapolis Royal Station]] with [[Annapolis Royal Freight Shed]] in the background on July 18, 1975.
 
Image:Dayliner at Annapolis Royal 2.jpg|Dayliner at [[Annapolis Royal Station]] with [[Annapolis Royal Freight Shed]] in the background on July 18, 1975.

Revision as of 21:00, 1 December 2020

Annapolis Royal Freight Shed

The first freight shed at Annapolis Royal was a 30 x 60 foot freight shed built beside the first Annapolis Royal Station in 1869.[1]

It was replaced by a second freight shed, built about 1885 as part of the second station located near the Annapolis Royal Wharf. In Janury 1914, the freight shed was detached from the old station and moved to new location of the DAR mainline to serve as the freight shed beside the town's fourth station.[2]

The freight shed was the site of a major derailment on May 7, 1922. At some point, windows and a dormer were added to the second floor for an office or dwelling. The freight shed was demolished in 1988.[3]

References

  1. MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873, (1873), page 24.
  2. Annapolis Royal Spectator, June 19, 1913 and January 15, 1914 cited in the Annapolis Royal Heritage Facebook Post March 31, 2020: https://www.facebook.com/AnnapolisHeritageSociety/photos/a.182560275111155/3135746689792484/?type=3&theater
  3. [https://www.cptracks.ca/data/RSR/RSR-082_Annapolis_Royal_NS.pdf Harry Jost and Barry Moody, "Canadian Pacific Railway Station Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia", Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada Railway Station Report, RSR-082, 1991