Rowley Station - Rowley, AB
Posted by: T0SHEA
N 51° 45.726 W 112° 47.294
12U E 376592 N 5736091
This station was built in the little town of Rowley in central Alberta in 1922 by the Canadian Northern Railway, later to become part of the Canadian National Railway.
Waymark Code: WMM56N
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 07/23/2014
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Stations of this type were known as
Canadian Northern 3rd class stations. Built from a Canadian Northern plan (Plan 72) to replace a small, earlier, freight and passenger station, there were a total of 57 stations built on the prairies using this plan between 1915 and 1924, 21 in Alberta, 29 in Saskatchewan and 7 in Manitoba.
Originally built with wood shiplap siding, it was stuccoed in 1939. Though the railway line was closed in 1989, the station saw the end of passenger service a decade or two before that time. The station was restored in the 1980s by the Canadian Northern Society.
Though I'm not certain, this station may be open as a museum during summer months.