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File:NewStationHantsport.jpg|The new [[Hantsport Station]] under construction, photographed by Charles Whitmore of [[Hantsport]], 1944. | 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. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:48, 23 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. It 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
