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Port Williams Station
Located in Greenwich, the station for the village and seaport of nearby Port Williams was severed by two generations of stations.
First Station 1869
The first station was located on the south side of the tracks and built by the Windsor & Annapolis Railway in 1869,[1] one of the original 10 contracted stations built by the line. It was a simple gable-roofed W&AR first-generation stations, 40' long x 22' wide with a 200' long x 12' wide station platform, similar to stations in Hantsport, Grand Pre, Waterville, Berwick, Aylesford, Middleton, Lawrencetown and Paradise.[2]
Second Station 1893
According to The Acadian (the local paper from Wolfville) The Windsor & Annapolis was seeking tenders for construction of a new station and freight shed, as they required larger buildings. The station, a second-generation W&AR style station with a gothic window and ornate brackets, was built in 1893 along the North Side of the line.[3] It remained in service until June 1, 1971 when it was closed and the order board signal was removed.[4] The station was sold by the railway to Lawrence Coldwell in 1973, who had the building demolished.[5]
Station Agents
List from: Edythe Quinn, A History of Greenwich, The Women's Association of Greenwich United Church (1968) p. 71-72:
- 1869-1878 Enoch A. Forsyth
- 1878-1905 Fred E. Forsyth
- 1905-1908 Gurdon Brown
- 1908-1928 Thomas Andrew Pearson
- 1928-1936 Keith Porter
- 1936-1942 Brenton Merry
- 1942-1952 Nelson Smith
- 1952-1959 Austin Foley
- 1959-1968 Grenfell A. Smith
- 1968-1973 Ronald Campbell
Gallery
Port Williams showing the station, the Port Williams Fruit Company and other warehouses as well as the evaporator ruins, August 1931.
Detail of air photo of the Port Williams station in Greenwich showing the back of the Port Williams Station and adjacent fruit warehouse, August 1931.
Port Williams Station circa 1943.
Port Williams Station, November 1958.
Port Williams Station, 1960.
Port Williams Station, summer or early fall 1973, just before the station was demolished.
Port Williams Station, looking west to the Port Williams Fruit Company warehouse, summer/early fall 1973 just before the station's demolition.
References
- ↑ Edythe Quinn, A History of Greenwich, The Women's Association of Greenwich United Church (1968) p. 71
- ↑ Alexander MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873 p14, p22
- ↑ Tom Sheppard, Historic Wolfville: Grand and Pre a page 164.
- ↑ Dominion Atlantic Railway Company Bulletin No. 54, Kentville, NS, August 1, 1971, citing June 1, 1971 supplement of list of stations closed
- ↑ The Port Remembers: A History of Port Willims and Its Surrouding Country Homes, Port Williams Women's Institute (1976), p.199
