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It was built by the Great Western Railway (GWR) company to replace their station of 1854, which inaugurated railway service from Niagara Falls to Windsor.2 Designed by GWR Chief Engineer Joseph Hobson, the present station is representative of his work over a ten year period in southwestern Ontario for the GWR and its subsequent parent, the ...
The Chatham station is a good example of a standard GWR station of its time. One of nine surviving stations designed by Joseph Hobson as chief engineer for the GWR and later the GTR, its Gothic Revival design and brick construction typify Hobson’s work for the GWR.
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The Canadian National Railways/VIA Rail Station at Chatham is a one-and-a-half-storey, brick railway station, built in 1879. It is located in a mixed commercial area, south of the city centre of Chatham-Kent . The formal recognition is confined to the railway station building itself.
Built by the Great Western Railway (GWR) just before its takeover by the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR), the Canadian National Railways/VIA Rail Station at Chatham represents the 1870-90 phase of railway expansion in Ontario. Located on the shortest route between the American east and Midwest, Chatham served as a key railway transfer point. The station’...
Character-defining elements of the Canadian National Railways/VIA Rail Station at Chatham include: -its massing, consisting of: a long, low rectangular block; capped by a steeply sloping hip roof with three, large transverse gables -the continuous sheltering platform canopy on all sides of the station, sitting separate from the roof and below eave ...
May 14, 2013 · Built by the Great Western Railway (GWR) just before its takeover by the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR), the Canadian National Railways/VIA Rail Station at Chatham represents the 1870-90 phase of railway expansion in Ontario.
Sep 21, 2021 · This was a relatively obscure little railway in New Brunswick, part of the Canada Eastern Railway started by Fredericton-area industrialist Alexander “Boss” Gibson and Jabez Snowball as the Northern and Western Railway.
South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) P Class No. 323. The LC&DR's works at Longhedge, Battersea closed in 1911 and production was concentrated at Ashford. Harry Wainwright was replaced by Richard Maunsell as Locomotive Superintendent in 1913. List of locomotives.
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Chatham Railway Station is located on Johnson Street within the Historic Water Street Business District. This rectangular single-story brick building with three steeply pitched hipped roofs is bounded on the north by Station Wharf and the Miramichi River. Heritage Value
