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==[[Annapolis Royal]] Station== | ==[[Annapolis Royal]] Station== | ||
| − | Annapolis Royal has had at least three different train stations | + | Annapolis Royal has had at least three different train stations. The first, dating from 1869 we presume would have been on, or near the wharf, where the [[Windsor & Annapolis Railway]] terminated. A second known as the "Frogmore" station dated from 1891, and was located just west of St. George Street, where the railway cut is still evident. It burned in 1913 and was replaced by an 'Arts and Crafts" style brick building just east of St. George Street in 1913.(1) |
| + | == First Station 1869 to c. 1891 == | ||
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| + | Image:Annapolis Royal First Station.jpg|The first Windsor and Annapolis railway station in Annapolis Royal | ||
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| + | == Second "Frogmore" Station c. 1891 to c. 1913 == | ||
| + | The second station was built on the new mainline when the "missing gap" between [[Annapolis Royal]] and [[Digby]] was finally completed and the railway continued past Annapolis Royal. | ||
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| + | === External Link === | ||
| + | *[http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm_v2.php?id=search_record_detail&fl=0&lg=English&ex=272&rd=51025&sy=itm&st=&ci=118 Frogmore Station at VirtualMuseum.ca] | ||
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| + | == Third Station 1913 to present == | ||
| + | The third station was a finely decorated brick structure, also on the mainline. Often photographed from the convenient viewpoint of the street overpass to the west, it survived the end of rail service to be restored by its current owner. | ||
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Revision as of 20:05, 25 April 2009
Annapolis Royal Station
Annapolis Royal has had at least three different train stations. The first, dating from 1869 we presume would have been on, or near the wharf, where the Windsor & Annapolis Railway terminated. A second known as the "Frogmore" station dated from 1891, and was located just west of St. George Street, where the railway cut is still evident. It burned in 1913 and was replaced by an 'Arts and Crafts" style brick building just east of St. George Street in 1913.(1)
First Station 1869 to c. 1891
The first Windsor and Annapolis railway station in Annapolis Royal
Second "Frogmore" Station c. 1891 to c. 1913
The second station was built on the new mainline when the "missing gap" between Annapolis Royal and Digby was finally completed and the railway continued past Annapolis Royal.
External Link
Third Station 1913 to present
The third station was a finely decorated brick structure, also on the mainline. Often photographed from the convenient viewpoint of the street overpass to the west, it survived the end of rail service to be restored by its current owner.
No. 25, Strathcona with a westbound express at the Annapolis Royal Station. Note also the freight shed and the bulk fuel facility behind the station.
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Postcard
Annapolis Royal Station in 1916.
Water tower at left, station in centre and freight shed at right at Annapolis Royal on August 27, 1956.
Waiting for Princess Margaret to arrive. 1958
No. 9059 arriving at Annapolis Royal in August 1959.
No. 9059, at station in Annapolis Royal departing for Halifax in August 1959.
Annapolis Royal Station and Freight Shed in 1973.
Dayliner at Annapolis Royal Station with Annapolis Royal Freight Shed in the background on July 18, 1975.
6128 at Station
2nd last run. 1990
Modern day appearance of restored station.
More information about the restoration is availalble here: http://www.annapolisriver.ca/trainstation.htm
