- Canaan Union Depot
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location =North Canaan, Connecticut
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lat_degrees =42
lat_minutes = 1
lat_seconds = 34
lat_direction =N
long_degrees =73
long_minutes = 19
long_seconds = 46
long_direction =W
locmapin=Connecticut
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built =1872
architect =G. H. Bundy
architecture = Gothic
added =April 26 ,1972
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governing_body = Connecticut Historical Railroad AssociationUnion Depot in
North Canaan, Connecticut is a formerunion station . It was built in1872 at the junction of theHousatonic Railroad and theCentral New England Railway .Architecture
The station was located at the
level junction between the two rail lines, making a right angle right at the crossover. The angle of the building was a 3-story tower, at the top of which sat theelectric telegraph operator. The two 90-foot (27-meter) wings of the building were occupied by the two railroad companies, until eventually both became theNew York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and thenPenn Central Transportation . The second floor of the station had a large restaurant that was especially important before the development of thedining car . Thewood en station also featured aweather vane designed to look like asteam locomotive atop its tower.Decline
The station ceased passenger service in
1971 , and freight service ended in1974 . The station then became aretail location, with arestaurant in the southeastern wing. When the railroad was reopened as the new Housatonic Railroad in 1980, the station was not repurchased.More than half of the station — namely the southeast half — was destroyed by an
arson late in the evening ofOctober 12 ,2001 . The Connecticut Railroad Historical Association purchased what was left in2003 , and they have begun to restore it.
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