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=[[Hantsport]] Station= | =[[Hantsport]] Station= | ||
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| − | [[Hantsport]] did not have a station when the [[Windsor and Annapolis Railway]] first began operations through the town in 1869<ref>Hattie Chittick, ''Hantsport on Avon'', Hantsport Women's Institute, 1968, page 27.</ref> | + | [[Hantsport]] did not have a station when the [[Windsor and Annapolis Railway]] first began operations through the town in 1869<ref>Hattie Chittick, ''Hantsport on Avon'', Hantsport Women's Institute, 1968, page 27.</ref> However a small station was built around 1870 and was described in 1873<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/cihm_25953#page/n25 Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab, C. E., November 1, 1873, p. 21.]</ref> as:<br> |
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*Station Building, 40' x 22' | *Station Building, 40' x 22' | ||
*Station Platform, 200' x 14' | *Station Platform, 200' x 14' | ||
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| − | + | It was replaced by a standard Windsor and Annapolis passenger and freight station built circa 1893 which served until it was destroyed in a fire in 1943.<ref>[https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7816 "Hantsport Railway Station", ''Canadian Historic Places database'']</ref> | |
===Gallery=== | ===Gallery=== | ||
<Gallery perrow=5> | <Gallery perrow=5> | ||
| − | File:201580134.jpg|[[Hantsport]] Station with crowds gathered for a VIP train showing the | + | File:201580134.jpg|[[Hantsport]] Station with crowds gathered for a VIP train showing the [[Hantsport Water Tower]] and the Hantsport Fruit Basket Company, possibly during the 1901 [[:Category:Royal Trains|royal visit]]. |
File:201580008.jpg|[[Hantsport]] viewed looking east from boxcar on the Hantsport team track with the [[Hantsport Station]], the [[G.H. Yeaton Warehouse]] and the [[Laurie Sanford Apple Warehouse|Sandford apple warehouse]], circa 1895. | File:201580008.jpg|[[Hantsport]] viewed looking east from boxcar on the Hantsport team track with the [[Hantsport Station]], the [[G.H. Yeaton Warehouse]] and the [[Laurie Sanford Apple Warehouse|Sandford apple warehouse]], circa 1895. | ||
| + | File:HantsportHeckman.JPG|The second [[Hantsport Station]], photographed by CPR photographer [[:Category:Joseph Heckman Photo|Joseph Heckman]], circa October 1910. | ||
| + | File:85th Battalion WHHS.jpg|Recruits of the 85th Battalion at the [[Hantsport Station]] with the [[Laurie Sanford Apple Warehouse|Sandford apple warehouse]] in background, circa 1915-16. | ||
| + | File:Yeaton-Candy-Factory.jpg|Rear of the [[Hantsport Station]] with the [[G.H. Yeaton Warehouse|Yeaton's Candy Factory buildings]] on Station Street in [[Hantsport]], 1932. | ||
</Gallery> | </Gallery> | ||
==Brick Station 1944 - Present== | ==Brick Station 1944 - Present== | ||
| − | + | Planning for a new station in Hantsport had begun in 1937. When the old station burned in 1943, a fine new brick station was quickly constructed. The new station was a Tudor revival station, similar to the [[Bridgetown Station]], based on the standard CPR Station Design No. 16<ref>[http://www.cptracks.ca/data/Structures/H-15-66.pdf Plans for CPR Station No. 16 at Canadian Pacific Historical Association]</ref> but customized for Hantsport. The new station was completed and opened on May 9, 1944<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/HantsportAreaHistoricalSociety/posts/2195416210608038 Facebook Post, "On This Day in 1944", Hantsport & Area Historical Society, May 9, 2022]</ref> making it one of the last stations built by the DAR. | |
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| + | The station played a vital role in coordinating the growing [[:Category:Gypsum Trains|gypsum traffic]] to the port of Hantsport from the 1940s onward. In the last days of the DAR, the station began the operational centre for the line after the Kentville shops were closed in 1993. The DAR's successor, the [[Windsor and Hantsport Railway]] continued to make extensive use of the station when it took over the line in 1994, first using it as headquarters until it moved operations to [[Windsor]] in 1995 and then using the station for maintenance and crew breaks. The station was mothballed with the Windsor and Hantsport ceased operation in 2011 but remains owned by the dormant railway. The station has suffered from break-ins and vandalism but still stands. | ||
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| + | The station is protected by both federal and provincial heritage laws, designated a historic railway station by the federal government in 1992<ref>[https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/culture/clmhc-hsmbc/pat-her/gar-sta/ne-ns "The Directory of Designated Railway Stations in Nova Scotia", ''Canadian Heritage'']</ref>, which means it cannot be demolished or altered without federal alteration<ref>[[Daily News - 1993-01-23 - Hantsport Station Heritage Designation|"Railway Station Designated" ''Daily News'', January 23, 1993.]]</ref> and was further designated as a provincial heritage building in 1995.<ref>[https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7816 "Hantsport Railway Station", ''Canadian Historic Places database'']</ref> | ||
===Gallery=== | ===Gallery=== | ||
<Gallery perrow=5> | <Gallery perrow=5> | ||
| + | File:NewStationHantsport.jpg|The new [[Hantsport Station]] under construction, photographed by Charles Whitmore of [[Hantsport]], 1944. | ||
| + | File:Chronicle-Herald 1944-05-09 - New Hantsport Station.jpg|Article [[Chronicle Herald 1944-05-09 New Hantsport Station|"Hantsport Rail Yard to Be Extended - New Station Built", ''The Halifax Chronicle Herald'', May 9, 1944.]] | ||
File:9058 extra.jpg|Extra 9058, the promotion tour for [[DAR9058|RDC No. 9058]] at the [[Hantsport Station]], August 1956. | File:9058 extra.jpg|Extra 9058, the promotion tour for [[DAR9058|RDC No. 9058]] at the [[Hantsport Station]], August 1956. | ||
File:DAR - Hantsport Station East End - Harold Jenkins Photo - Unknown Date - July 1959.JPG|[[Hantsport Station]] east end, with the [[Laurie Sanford Apple Warehouse|Sandford apple warehouse]], July 1959. | File:DAR - Hantsport Station East End - Harold Jenkins Photo - Unknown Date - July 1959.JPG|[[Hantsport Station]] east end, with the [[Laurie Sanford Apple Warehouse|Sandford apple warehouse]], July 1959. | ||
| − | File:DAR - Hantsport Station Yard - Harold Jenkins Photo - Unknown Date - July 1959.JPG|[[Hantsport Station]] and the [[Hantsport Railyard]] with the [[Laurie Sanford Apple Warehouse|Sandford apple warehouse]] and the United Fruit Companies Warehouse, July 1959. | + | File:DAR - Hantsport Station Yard - Harold Jenkins Photo - Unknown Date - July 1959.JPG|[[Hantsport Station]] and the [[Hantsport Railyard]] with the [[Laurie Sanford Apple Warehouse|Sandford apple warehouse]] and the [[:Category:United Fruit Companies|United Fruit Companies]] Warehouse, July 1959. |
File:DAR - Hantsport Station Front - Harold Jenkins Photo - Unknown Date - July 1959.JPG|[[Hantsport Station]], trackside, July 1959. | File:DAR - Hantsport Station Front - Harold Jenkins Photo - Unknown Date - July 1959.JPG|[[Hantsport Station]], trackside, July 1959. | ||
Image:Hantsport Station 1961.jpg|[[Hantsport Station]] with the [[Laurie Sanford Apple Warehouse|Sandford apple warehouse]] and United Fruit Companies warehouse, August 1961. | Image:Hantsport Station 1961.jpg|[[Hantsport Station]] with the [[Laurie Sanford Apple Warehouse|Sandford apple warehouse]] and United Fruit Companies warehouse, August 1961. | ||
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*[[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|1969 Memorandum of General Information]] | *[[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|1969 Memorandum of General Information]] | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | [https://www.cptracks.ca/data/RSR/RSR-097_Hantsport_NS.pdf Harry Jost and Barry Moody, "Canadian Pacific Railway Station Hantsport, Nova Scotia", Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada Railway Station Report, RSR-097, 1991, Canadian Pacific Historical Association Documents Library] | ||
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| + | [https://mcdadeheritagecentre.ca/2020/08/09/my-memories-of-the-dar-by-john-harvie/ "My Memories of the DAR by John Harvie", ''Hantsport & Area Historical Society'' a glimpse into the station operations, trains and boyhood adventures from Hantsport] | ||
[[Category:Stations]] | [[Category:Stations]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:19, 26 June 2025
Hantsport Station
Earlier Stations circa 1870 and 1893
Hantsport did not have a station when the Windsor and Annapolis Railway first began operations through the town in 1869[1] However a small station was built around 1870 and was described in 1873[2] as:
- Station Building, 40' x 22'
- Station Platform, 200' x 14'
It was replaced by a standard Windsor and Annapolis passenger and freight station built circa 1893 which served until it was destroyed in a fire in 1943.[3]
Gallery
Hantsport Station with crowds gathered for a VIP train showing the Hantsport Water Tower and the Hantsport Fruit Basket Company, possibly during the 1901 royal visit.
Hantsport viewed looking east from boxcar on the Hantsport team track with the Hantsport Station, the G.H. Yeaton Warehouse and the Sandford apple warehouse, circa 1895.
The second Hantsport Station, photographed by CPR photographer Joseph Heckman, circa October 1910.
Recruits of the 85th Battalion at the Hantsport Station with the Sandford apple warehouse in background, circa 1915-16.
Rear of the Hantsport Station with the Yeaton's Candy Factory buildings on Station Street in Hantsport, 1932.
Brick Station 1944 - Present
Planning for a new station in Hantsport had begun in 1937. When the old station burned in 1943, a fine new brick station was quickly constructed. The new station was a Tudor revival station, similar to the Bridgetown Station, based on the standard CPR Station Design No. 16[4] but customized for Hantsport. The new station was completed and opened on May 9, 1944[5] making it one of the last stations built by the DAR.
The station played a vital role in coordinating the growing gypsum traffic to the port of Hantsport from the 1940s onward. In the last days of the DAR, the station began the operational centre for the line after the Kentville shops were closed in 1993. The DAR's successor, the Windsor and Hantsport Railway continued to make extensive use of the station when it took over the line in 1994, first using it as headquarters until it moved operations to Windsor in 1995 and then using the station for maintenance and crew breaks. The station was mothballed with the Windsor and Hantsport ceased operation in 2011 but remains owned by the dormant railway. The station has suffered from break-ins and vandalism but still stands.
The station is protected by both federal and provincial heritage laws, designated a historic railway station by the federal government in 1992[6], which means it cannot be demolished or altered without federal alteration[7] and was further designated as a provincial heritage building in 1995.[8]
Gallery
The new Hantsport Station under construction, photographed by Charles Whitmore of Hantsport, 1944.
Extra 9058, the promotion tour for RDC No. 9058 at the Hantsport Station, August 1956.
Hantsport Station east end, with the Sandford apple warehouse, July 1959.
Hantsport Station and the Hantsport Railyard with the Sandford apple warehouse and the United Fruit Companies Warehouse, July 1959.
Hantsport Station, trackside, July 1959.
Hantsport Station with the Sandford apple warehouse and United Fruit Companies warehouse, August 1961.
Hantsport Station and CPR Boxcar 52477, circa late 1960s.
Hantsport depot July 18, 1975.
Hantsport Station rear, 1979.
RDCs VIA 6136, VIA 6143 and VIA 6108 at the Hantsport Station with Annapolis Valley Canners warehouse behind, July 21, 1984.
Hantsport Station with MOW equipment and the Annapolis Valley Canners/Hantsport Fruit Company warehouse in background, Feb. 9, 1999.
Hantsport Station with the G.H. Yeaton Warehouse behind, July 15th, 2009.
Hantsport Station unknown date.
Hantsport Station on August 30, 2011.
Hantsport Station with the yard to the right on August 30, 2011.
Hantsport Station with W&H locomotives.
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References and Footnotes
- ↑ Hattie Chittick, Hantsport on Avon, Hantsport Women's Institute, 1968, page 27.
- ↑ Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab, C. E., November 1, 1873, p. 21.
- ↑ "Hantsport Railway Station", Canadian Historic Places database
- ↑ Plans for CPR Station No. 16 at Canadian Pacific Historical Association
- ↑ Facebook Post, "On This Day in 1944", Hantsport & Area Historical Society, May 9, 2022
- ↑ "The Directory of Designated Railway Stations in Nova Scotia", Canadian Heritage
- ↑ "Railway Station Designated" Daily News, January 23, 1993.
- ↑ "Hantsport Railway Station", Canadian Historic Places database
