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| − | A [[Windsor & Annapolis]] gothic window style station was built at [[Cambridge]] in 1890.<ref>Construction | + | A [[Windsor & Annapolis]] gothic window style station was built at [[Cambridge]] in 1890.<ref>Construction tender issued by W&A General Manager J.W. King Mar. 28, 1890 with an application deadline for April 19, 1890, Kentville ''The New Star'' April 11 1890, courtesy Gerald Cudmore, and was completed that year, Department of Railways and Canals, Engineer's Report, 1890, compiled by [[J. B. King]], Scotia Railway Society Collection, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, RG28 Series S Vol. 4 File 16</ref> The station building was destroyed in an accidental fire in 1934<ref>"Good Years and Bad", ''Dominion Atlantic Railway Times'', Summer 1994, Canada Atlantic Railway Report, Saint John, NB, p.3</ref> but Cambridge remained a flag stop until June 1980.<ref>[[Scotian Railroad Society 1980-04 News|''Scotian Railroad Society News'' April 1980]]</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:43, 9 April 2022
Cambridge Station
A Windsor & Annapolis gothic window style station was built at Cambridge in 1890.[1] The station building was destroyed in an accidental fire in 1934[2] but Cambridge remained a flag stop until June 1980.[3]
Gallery
A photographic postcard of a westbound train pulling into Cambridge Station, circa 1895, from the Chris Gertridge's Collection.
C.P.R. track profile drawing for Cambridge showing locations of apple warehouses, stock pen, cattle chute and the Cambridge Station, Mar. 18, 1918.
Cambridge Station and evaporator 1915. Thanks to Dorothy Barkhouse-Rafuse for the family picture.
Cambridge Station and work crew circa 1930s.
Cambridge Station sign from the flag stop era, November 18, 1962.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Construction tender issued by W&A General Manager J.W. King Mar. 28, 1890 with an application deadline for April 19, 1890, Kentville The New Star April 11 1890, courtesy Gerald Cudmore, and was completed that year, Department of Railways and Canals, Engineer's Report, 1890, compiled by J. B. King, Scotia Railway Society Collection, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, RG28 Series S Vol. 4 File 16
- ↑ "Good Years and Bad", Dominion Atlantic Railway Times, Summer 1994, Canada Atlantic Railway Report, Saint John, NB, p.3
- ↑ Scotian Railroad Society News April 1980
