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File:ARWreck1.jpg|Derailment on May 7, 1922 showing the in the [[Annapolis Royal Railyard]], [[Annapolis Royal Freight Shed|Freight Shed]], DAR boxcar No. 69950 and DAR wrecking crane.
 
File:ARWreck1.jpg|Derailment on May 7, 1922 showing the in the [[Annapolis Royal Railyard]], [[Annapolis Royal Freight Shed|Freight Shed]], DAR boxcar No. 69950 and DAR wrecking crane.
  
File:201216023 detail.JPG|Fort Anne in foreground and in background: the [[Annapolis Royal Enginehouse]] from the west, [[Annapolis Royal Esso Bulk Plant]] and the [[Annapolis Royal Freight Shed]], July 1931.
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File:201216023 detail.JPG|Fort Anne and the [[Annapolis Royal Enginehouse]], [[Annapolis Royal Esso Bulk Plant]], [[Annapolis Royal Freight Shed]] the [[Annapolis Royal Water Tower]], July 1931.
  
 
Image:R200.jpg|Westbound plow extra at [[Annapolis Royal]] passing the [[Annapolis Royal Freight Shed|freight shed]] and the [[Annapolis Royal Water Tower|water tower]] on February 20,1952.  
 
Image:R200.jpg|Westbound plow extra at [[Annapolis Royal]] passing the [[Annapolis Royal Freight Shed|freight shed]] and the [[Annapolis Royal Water Tower|water tower]] on February 20,1952.  

Latest revision as of 20:47, 8 June 2021

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