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Cambridge Station
Cambridge Station
Cambridge was first served by a small 18 x 10 foot station with a 112 foot long platform [1] It was replaced by a Windsor & Annapolis gothic window style station in 1890.[2] Marion Bernice (Ray) Cox became station agent in 1916 and served for over 20 years.[3] The second station building was destroyed in an accidental fire in July 1934[4] A replacement station was built and opened at a special event with 50 guests on Dec. 17, 1934 after a successful campaign to replace the station led by 80 year old carpenter F.R. Ratchford who had helped lay the original tracks through Cambridge.[5] Cambridge remained a flag stop until June 1980.[6]
Gallery
A photographic postcard of a westbound train pulling into Cambridge Station, circa 1895, from 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
- ↑ *Alexander MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873, p. 23
- ↑ 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 Gerad 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
- ↑ "60 Years Ago: Housewarming is Held", Berwick Register, Dec. 21, 1994
- ↑ "Good Years and Bad", Dominion Atlantic Railway Times, Summer 1994, Canada Atlantic Railway Report, Saint John, NB, p.3
- ↑ "60 Years Ago: Housewarming is Held", Berwick Register, Dec. 21, 1994
- ↑ Scotian Railroad Society News April 1980
