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Annapolis Royal Freight Shed
Annapolis Royal Freight Shed
The first freight shed at Annapolis Royal was a 30 x 60 foot freight shed built beside the first Annapolis Royal Station in 1869.[1]
It was replaced by a second freight shed, built about 1885 as part of the second station located near the Annapolis Royal Wharf. In Janury 1914, the freight shed was detached from the old station and moved to new location of the DAR mainline to serve as the freight shed beside the town's fourth station.[2]
The freight shed was the site of a major derailment on May 7, 1922. At some point, windows and a dormer were added to the second floor for an office or dwelling. The freight shed was demolished in 1988.[3]
The first Annapolis Royal freight shed to the left of W&A locomotive No. 2 "Gabriel", later DAR No. 13 at the Annapolis Royal Station, June 1885.
The second Annapolis Royal Station, Oct. 4, 1910, showing the attached Freight Shed, later separated and moved to the mainline beside the fourth station.
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.
Derailment on May 7, 1922 showing the in the Annapolis Royal Railyard, Freight Shed, the enginehouse, DAR boxcar No. 69938, and DAR boxcar 1310.
Derailment on May 7, 1922 showing the in the Annapolis Royal Railyard, Freight Shed, DAR boxcar No. 69950 and DAR wrecking crane.
Fort Anne and the Annapolis Royal Enginehouse, Annapolis Royal Esso Bulk Plant, Annapolis Royal Freight Shed the Annapolis Royal Water Tower, July 1931.
Westbound plow extra at Annapolis Royal passing the freight shed and the water tower on February 20,1952.
Water tower at left, station in centre and freight shed at right at Annapolis Royal on August 27, 1956.
Annapolis Royal Station, track side looking southeast with the Annapolis Royal Freight Shed in background, June 1959.
Annapolis Royal Station, looking east with the Annapolis Royal Freight Shed in the background, June 1959.
Annapolis Royal Station and Freight Shed with the Texaco bulk fuel plant in the background on August 5, 1973.
Dayliner at Annapolis Royal Station with Annapolis Royal Freight Shed in the background on July 18, 1975.
Annapolis Royal Station, Freight Shed and St. George Street Overpass viewed from RDC Train No. 2, May 26, 1977.
The Annapolis Royal Freight Shed, circa 1980.
Annapolis Royal Freight Shed on July 14, 1986.
References
- ↑ MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873, (1873), page 24.
- ↑ Annapolis Royal Spectator, June 19, 1913 and January 15, 1914 cited in the Annapolis Royal Heritage Facebook Post March 31, 2020: https://www.facebook.com/AnnapolisHeritageSociety/photos/a.182560275111155/3135746689792484/?type=3&theater
- ↑ [https://www.cptracks.ca/data/RSR/RSR-082_Annapolis_Royal_NS.pdf Harry Jost and Barry Moody, "Canadian Pacific Railway Station Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia", Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada Railway Station Report, RSR-082, 1991
