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This was a Western Counties Railway "1st generation" station likely built between 1874 and 1879 when the WCR started construction and commenced operations officially. | This was a Western Counties Railway "1st generation" station likely built between 1874 and 1879 when the WCR started construction and commenced operations officially. | ||
| − | The first Western Counties excursion was a "Maying Party" that left on May 10, 1875 and went as far as Pitman's Road, just above Ohio, with twelve platform cars with between 1100 and 1200 passengers accompanied by the Milton Brass Band.<ref>[http://www.yarmouth.org/villages/southohio/history/ | + | The first Western Counties excursion was a "Maying Party" that left on May 10, 1875 and went as far as Pitman's Road, just above Ohio, with twelve platform cars with between 1100 and 1200 passengers accompanied by the Milton Brass Band.<ref>[http://www.yarmouth.org/villages/southohio/history/index.htm History of Ohio by Darren Hansen (1998)]</ref> |
===Gallery=== <!-- If just a few pictures and the station never changed much at all --> | ===Gallery=== <!-- If just a few pictures and the station never changed much at all --> | ||
Revision as of 13:22, 13 October 2020
South Ohio Station
History 1874?- ????
This was a Western Counties Railway "1st generation" station likely built between 1874 and 1879 when the WCR started construction and commenced operations officially.
The first Western Counties excursion was a "Maying Party" that left on May 10, 1875 and went as far as Pitman's Road, just above Ohio, with twelve platform cars with between 1100 and 1200 passengers accompanied by the Milton Brass Band.[1]
Gallery
A postcard of South Ohio Station circa 1923.
The back side of a postcard of South Ohio Station circa 1923. Click on the photo to see the text description.
Past location of station on Google Maps.
Past location of station showing Ohio Station Road on Google Maps.
