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Passengers Waiting at Paris Junction Station

Description

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

This photograph shows a group of passengers waiting outside the Paris Junction Station. The tracks carried trains from both the Great Western Railway and Buffalo-Goderich Railway lines, and both companies shared the station. This photo shows the third rail on the tracks, which was used to allow American freight cars to be transported.

Two of the signs in the background read "W.R. Custom Office" and "Baggage Room".

This image was printed on page 225 of At the Forks of the Grand: Volume I by D. A. Smith.

Notes

The copy of the photograph digitized was flipped horizontally from its original orientation; this online version has been corrected.

The third rail for American cars was installed in 1866, and removed in 1871 when the rails were replaced with a new gauge. Since the third rail is visible, this photo was taken between those dates.

Date of Original

18[??]

Dimensions

Width: 18.9 cm
Height: 11.9 cm

Subject(s)

Men
Passengers
Railroad stations
Railroad tracks
Paris, Ontario
Great Western Railway

Local identifier

2009.0062.01, Page 72A, Photo 1

Collection

D.A. Smith Photograph Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Paris

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.2 Longitude: -80.38333

Recommended Citation

Passengers Waiting at Paris Junction Station, 18[??], D.A. Smith Photograph Collection, 2009.0062.01, Page 72A, Photo 1, Paris Museum and Historical Society

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