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| − | The [[:Category:Windsor and Annapolis Railway|Windsor and Annapolis Railway]] built a large railway wharf at Annapolis Royal as their terminus. It provided a key connection to passenger and freight steamships. As built, the wharf was 450 feet long and 98 feet wide at the face and included a float and | + | The [[:Category:Windsor and Annapolis Railway|Windsor and Annapolis Railway]] built a large railway wharf at Annapolis Royal as their terminus. It provided a key connection to passenger and freight steamships. As built, the wharf was 450 feet long and 98 feet wide at the face and included a float and three wharf spurs which allowed W&A trains to meet steamships at the wharf and quickly transfer passengers and freight. <ref>[https://archive.org/details/cihm_25953/page/n29|Alexander MacNab, ''[[Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab 1873|Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873,]]'' (1873), page 24.]</ref> After the missing link between [[Digby]] and Annapolis Royal was completed, steamship traffic shifted to the [[Digby Wharf]]. The Annapolis Royal wharf continued to be used for freight until after World War Two. It became the Government Wharf, a function that continues today serving fishing vessels, a small ship yard and visiting yachts. |
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Annapolis Royal Wharf
The Windsor and Annapolis Railway built a large railway wharf at Annapolis Royal as their terminus. It provided a key connection to passenger and freight steamships. As built, the wharf was 450 feet long and 98 feet wide at the face and included a float and three wharf spurs which allowed W&A trains to meet steamships at the wharf and quickly transfer passengers and freight. [1] After the missing link between Digby and Annapolis Royal was completed, steamship traffic shifted to the Digby Wharf. The Annapolis Royal wharf continued to be used for freight until after World War Two. It became the Government Wharf, a function that continues today serving fishing vessels, a small ship yard and visiting yachts.
Windsor & Annapolis Railway engraving of the Annapolis Royal Wharf, 1893.
Annapolis Royal wharves with the SS City of Monticella and SS Evangeline, circa 1890 the end of the line for the W&A.
