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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The Aldershot station served both the military based and the adjacent civilian community. It began with a standard 1890s Windsor and Annapolis style station but later had a two-story section houses added. A portion of the station was salvaged and moved to [[Mill Village]] after the station was demolished in the 1960s. | + | The Aldershot station served both the military based and the adjacent civilian community. It began with a standard 1890s Windsor and Annapolis style station but later had a two-story section houses added. A portion of the station was salvaged and moved to [[Mill Village]] after the station was demolished in the 1960s. A second station building was used by the army for troops and telegraph use on the Aldershot wye. It survives in use after the end of the railway and as of 2008 was being used by the Aldershot military band. |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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| + | File:Campaldershot.jpg|[[Aldershot Station]], circa 1916. | ||
Image:Aldershot station June 1943.jpg|[[Aldershot Station]] in June of 1943. | Image:Aldershot station June 1943.jpg|[[Aldershot Station]] in June of 1943. | ||
File:DAR - Aldershot Station - Harold Jenkins Photo-August1943.JPG|[[Aldershot Station]], dated August 1943. | File:DAR - Aldershot Station - Harold Jenkins Photo-August1943.JPG|[[Aldershot Station]], dated August 1943. | ||
Revision as of 13:14, 2 December 2021
Aldershot Station
Mile 1.6 on the Kingsport Subvision
History
The Aldershot station served both the military based and the adjacent civilian community. It began with a standard 1890s Windsor and Annapolis style station but later had a two-story section houses added. A portion of the station was salvaged and moved to Mill Village after the station was demolished in the 1960s. A second station building was used by the army for troops and telegraph use on the Aldershot wye. It survives in use after the end of the railway and as of 2008 was being used by the Aldershot military band.
Gallery
Aldershot Station, circa 1916.
- Aldershot station June 1943.jpg
Aldershot Station in June of 1943.
Aldershot Station, dated August 1943.
Camp Aldershot military telegraph Station, 2008.
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