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| − | Auburn had a small station with a cinder platform located on the north side of the tracks. The station was built in the 1880s as | + | Auburn had a small station with a cinder platform located on the north side of the tracks. The station was built in the 1880s as a [[:Category:Stations#W&AR Second Generation Wood Stations ~1880-1900|Windsor & Annapolis Second Generation station design]]. The last station agent was Carrie Saunders, serving from 1942 until 1947 when the station closed. The village became a flag stop and the station stood vacant for ten years. It was bought by Willis Bennett in 1957 and pulled across the road onto a new foundation where it was converted to a family home.<ref>John and Twila DeCoste, A History of Aylesford and District, Lancelot Press, 1986, p. 203-204.</ref><br> |
Station billing and accounting number: 185.<ref>[[:Category:Louis Comeau|Louis Comeau]], [[Station List by Name COMEAU|''Dominion Atlantic Station List by Name'']], page 1</ref> | Station billing and accounting number: 185.<ref>[[:Category:Louis Comeau|Louis Comeau]], [[Station List by Name COMEAU|''Dominion Atlantic Station List by Name'']], page 1</ref> | ||
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File:KE-19.10 Auburn.jpg|Track chart of [[Auburn]], showing the [[Auburn Station]] and platform and [[:Category:Apple Warehouses|apple warehouses]], 1918. | File:KE-19.10 Auburn.jpg|Track chart of [[Auburn]], showing the [[Auburn Station]] and platform and [[:Category:Apple Warehouses|apple warehouses]], 1918. | ||
| − | File:DAR-Auburn Station Sign Only-Harold Jenkins Photo-1July1961.JPG|[[Auburn]] station sign, July 1, 1961. | + | File:DAR-Auburn Station Sign Only-Harold Jenkins Photo-1July1961.JPG|[[Auburn]] station sign with original station converted to home in background, July 1, 1961. |
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Latest revision as of 06:50, 15 August 2025
Auburn Station
Auburn had a small station with a cinder platform located on the north side of the tracks. The station was built in the 1880s as a Windsor & Annapolis Second Generation station design. The last station agent was Carrie Saunders, serving from 1942 until 1947 when the station closed. The village became a flag stop and the station stood vacant for ten years. It was bought by Willis Bennett in 1957 and pulled across the road onto a new foundation where it was converted to a family home.[1]
Station billing and accounting number: 185.[2]
Gallery
Track chart of Auburn, showing the Auburn Station and platform and apple warehouses, 1918.
Auburn station sign with original station converted to home in background, July 1, 1961.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ John and Twila DeCoste, A History of Aylesford and District, Lancelot Press, 1986, p. 203-204.
- ↑ Louis Comeau, Dominion Atlantic Station List by Name, page 1
