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Cataumet Railroad Station
The former Cataumet station in 2013
General information
LocationPost Office Square, Cataumet, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°39′59.60″N 70°36′47.46″W / 41.6665556°N 70.6131833°W / 41.6665556; -70.6131833
Owned byPrivately owned
Line(s)Falmouth Branch
PlatformsYes
Construction
ParkingYes
History
Opened1925
Former services
Preceding station Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad Following station
Buzzards Bay Falmouth Branch
Closed 1988
Falmouth
Terminus

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

History

The original railroad around 1909

The original station opened in 1890, eighteen years after the Woods Hole Branch of the Old Colony Railroad was created.[1] The gingerbread 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 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.

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