Wetaskiwin Alberta - It was the Calgary & Edmonton Railway which connected the two cities by railway, this coming about in 1891.
 
They had built a station at Siding 16, later to be renamed Wetaskiwin, which remained in use for several years.
 
The Calgary & Edmonton Railway (owned partially by railway builders McKenzie and Mann as well as James Ross, a contractor with CP) leased the line to CP until CP purchased it outright.
 
By 1903 CP had taken over ownership of the line and by 1907 the increase in traffic had dictated that a new station be built.
 
This is that station, completed in 1908, serving passengers until 1985, when passenger service was discontinued.
 
While CP built many standard stations of various sizes and shapes, cookie cutter fashion, this particular station was a one-off.
 
Known as a Wetaskiwin Special WF (woodframe) Station, though there were somewhat similar stations built in Alberta, this one was unique, with no copies built.
 
In 1913, it was already proving too small to handle the traffic and an extension was added.
 
This was the type of station built for larger towns/small cities, being much larger than the vast majority of stations to be built in central Alberta.
 
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