Moving Whitby Junction Station, 1970
Description
- Creator
- W.P. Avent, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Negatives
- Description
- Black and white negative showing the Whitby Junction Station crossing the train tracks on a flatbed trailer. View from the Henry Street bridge looking east.
- Notes
- The Whitby Junction Station was built at the foot of Byron Street on the Grand Trunk Railway in 1903 near the current GO Transit platform. The station closed in 1969 and in 1970 it was moved to the north-east corner of Victoria and Henry Streets for use as an art gallery. In 2004 the Station Gallery was moved across the road to Whitby Iroquois Park.
- Date of Original
- 16 February 1970
- Dimensions
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Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 14-001-026
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8613000091254 Longitude: -78.9395218783569
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- Donor
- W.P. Avent
- Copyright Statement
- This item is protected by the Canadian Copyright Act and is intended for one-time use only. Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). It is your responsibility for obtaining these permissions.
- Recommended Citation
- Moving Whitby Junction Station, 1970, W.P. Avent, Whitby Archives, 14-001-026.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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