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File:201908835.jpg
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Summary
Windsor Wharves, showing a corner of the Windsor Station on the left, an early version of the Windsor Freight Shed on the right, and in the distance, a Windsor & Annapolis boxcar on the right and a Palace Rail Road Photo Car and flat car in the Windsor Railyard at centre, early 1880s.
See detail showing the Palace Railway Photo Car: 201908835detail.JPG.
The Nova Scotia Archives suggests 1870s, but the presence of the 1881 station indicates the early 1880s.
Description Information: "Places: Windsor, Hants Co.: Shipyards: Bennett Smith Shipyard"
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Photographic Collection
Inscription: "'The Island", Windsor, Nova Scotia
The handwriting of my grandmother Theresa Aylward, who was Sarah S, Smith who was the eldest daughter of Bennett Smith. G.V.S.
The Bennett Smith Shipyard. This may have been Taken in the 1870s. From evidence provided by the station in the foreground and the size of trees around the house. Bennett Smith is referred to as one of the greatest shipbuilders in Nova Scotia in a recent article in the Nova Scotia Magazine by Rear Admiral Pullen.
Courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives
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| current | 16:43, 21 April 2023 | | 939 × 512 (107 KB) | Dan Conlin (talk | contribs) | Windsor Wharves, showing a corner of the Windsor Station on the right, an early version of the Windsor Freight Shed in the foreground, along with Windsor & Annapolis boxcar on the right and a Palace Rail Road Photo Car and flat car on the wharf, 1870s. Description Information: "Places: Windsor, Hants Co.: Shipyards: Bennett Smith Shipyard" Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Photographic Collection Inscription: "'The Island", Windsor, Nova... |
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