Ernestown railway station facts for kids
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Ernestown
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The station in 1980.
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| Location | Canada |
| Coordinates | 44°13′02″N 76°45′17″W / 44.21722°N 76.75472°W |
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| Structure type | Historic railway station |
| History | |
| Opened | 1855 |
| Closed | circa 1973 |
| Previous names | Grand Trunk Railway |
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Heritage Railway Station (Canada)
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| Official name: Former Grand Trunk Railway Station | |
| Designated: | 1992 |
| Reference #: | 4551 |
| Official name: Ernestown Railway Station | |
| Designated: | January 11, 1999 |
Ernestown railway station in Loyalist, Ontario, Canada is a Heritage Railway Station, also protected under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.
History
The Ontario Heritage Act designation notes that the station is "one of only nine first-generation Grand Trunk Stations surviving of thirty-four stations built along the line in an Italianate style that had already become associated with railway buildings in Britain in the 1840s".
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Famous African-American Inventors:
 | Valerie Thomas |
 | Frederick McKinley Jones |
 | George Edward Alcorn Jr. |
 | Thomas Mensah |
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