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Waterville Station
The village of Waterville received one of the larger Windsor & Annapolis Railway stations, a two-story 40' x 22' station, built with a dwelling for the station master on the second floor and a 176' x 12' passenger platform connected to a 50' x 22' freight platform.[1] It was replaced by another two-story station in 1890. The apartment on the second story provided a home for the family of the section man who looked after the track in the Waterville area.[2] A freight shed was added, and then extended in later years. The station remained in service until June 1, 1971 when it was closed and the order board signal was removed.[3] The station was demolished in 1972.[4] In the final years of passenger traffic, a small VIA Rail shelter served the village.
Gallery
Waterville Station in the late 1920s.
A.V. “Ven” Cook and his wife Greta at the Waterville Station, 1930s.
Waterville Station, circa 1950-51.
The Waterville Station looking west, with the Annapolis Valley Canners buildings on the left, 1958.
The Waterville Station near the end of its days, 1967.
VIA Rail shelter at Waterville with the Cooks apple warehouse and Waterville section house in the background, April 1986.
VIA Rail shelter at Waterville. April 1986.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ *Alexander MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873, p. 23
- ↑ Randy Rockwell, Randy Rockwell, "Waterville History" October 2019, Waterville & District Volunteeer Fire Department
- ↑ Dominion Atlantic Railway Company Bulletin No. 54, Kentville, NS, August 1, 1971, citing June 1, 1971 supplement of list of stations closed
- ↑ Randy Rockwell, in Facebook Post April 7, 2018
