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Berwick Station
Berwick's first station was a simple 40' x 22' structure, one of the medium sized stations built by the Windsor and Annapolis Railway in 1869.[1] A new 80 foot x 22 foot station was announced in March 1888.[2] The contract was awarded in May 1888 to the firm of T. A. Clarke & Sons who had built the Kingston and Lawrencetown Stations the year before. The work was scheduled to be completed by the end of August with stone transported from Hantsport to build the foundation.[3] The new station was completed by the end of that year[4] as a medium-sized Windsor & Annapolis gothic-window-style station, containing a waiting room and freight room separated by the agent's office and operator's bay. The freight room was later extended to the west. The station remained in service until June 1, 1971 when it was closed and the order board signal was removed.[5] The station was demolished about 1974 and replaced several years later by a simple VIA Rail shelter which served until the end of passenger service in 1990. A carefully researched model of the Berwick Station made by Ric Hamilton may be seen today at the Apple Capital Museum in Berwick.
Gallery
Berwick Station during the apple export season before apple warehouses were built, 1890s.
Berwick Station, Oct. 5, 1910.
The Pleasant Valley apple warehouse, just after construction with the rear of the Berwick Station to right, 1911.
Berwick Station with the Pleasant Valley apple warehouse in background Feb. 1916 or Winter 1917.
Berwick Station looking north east with one end of the Pleasant Valley Fruit Company warehouse in the right background, September 1958.
Berwick Station looking west with the Brazilian Packers warehouse in the background, August 15, 1963.
Berwick Station, post 1950s.
Berwick Station, last known photograph of the station, summer or early fall 1973.
VIA RDC and Berwick shelter, April 1986.
VIA Berwick shelter, with cylindrical hopper on spur, April 1986.
VIA Berwick shelter, with Pleasant Valley Fruit Warehouse in background, April 1986.
VIA Berwick shelter, with Berwick Fruit warehouse in background, April 1986.
VIA Berwick shelter, interior, April 1986.
Residents of Berwick gather to witness the last westbound passenger train at the at the Berwick Station, January 14, 1990.
References
- ↑ Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab, C. E., November 1, 1873. p14, p21
- ↑ The Acadian and Berwick Times, Vol. VII, No. 32 (March 23, 1888) Courtesy Phil Vogler
- ↑ "Contract for Berwick Station is awarded", The Acadian and Berwick Times, Vol. VII, No. 41 (May 25, 1888)
- ↑ Construction date given in transcript of the Department of Railways and Canals, Engineer's Report, 1888, compiled by J. B. King, Scotian Railroad Society Collection, Nova Scotia Archives and Recordsmanagement, RG28 Series S Vol. 4 File 15
- ↑ Dominion Atlantic Railway Company Bulletin No. 54, Kentville, NS, August 1, 1971, citing June 1, 1971 supplement of list of stations closed
