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Cataumet station

Cataumet station

Former railroad station in Massachusetts, US

Cataumet station is a former railroad station located on Post Office Square in Cataumet, Massachusetts.[1]

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History

The original railroad around 1909

The Woods Hole Branch of the Old Colony Railroad opened in 1872. A station was open at Cataumet by 1879.[2][3][4][5] A new station building was constructed in 1883.[6] The gingerbread-style structure was destroyed by a fire in 1925 and subsequently replaced by a small brick structure which still stands today.[1] It was last used as a railroad station in 1988 by the Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad.

References

  1. [1]
    Farson, Robert H. (1993). Cape Cod Railroads Including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Joan Hollister Farson (First ed.). Yarmouthport, Massachusetts: Cape Cod Historical Publications. p. 145. ISBN 0-9616740-1-6.
  2. [2]
    "Town of Sandwich, Mass." (Map). Atlas of Barnstable County, Massachusetts. 1:63,360. Geo. H Walker & Co. 1880. p. 19.
  3. [3]
    "The Pocasset Horror". Fall River Daily Evening News. May 12, 1879. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. [4]
    "The Pocasset Adventists". Evening Star. May 16, 1879. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. [5]
    "Old Colony Railroad Excursion Rates [advertisement]". Boston Evening Transcript. June 7, 1881. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. [6]
    Twentieth Annual Report of the Old Colony Railroad Co. to the Stockholders. Old Colony Railroad Company. November 1883. p. 7.
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