Cataumet station

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

Cataumet
The former Cataumet station in 2013
General information
Location	Post Office Square Cataumet, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°39′59.60″N 70°36′47.46″W
Owned by	Privately owned
Line(s)	Falmouth Branch
History
Opened	1870s
Rebuilt	1883, 1925
Former services
Preceding station Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad Following station Buzzards Bay toward Braintree or Attleboro Falmouth Branch Closed 1988 Falmouth Terminus Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station Pocasset toward Boston Boston–​Woods Hole North Falmouth toward Woods Hole Pocasset toward New York Cape Codder

History

The original railroad around 1909

The Woods Hole Branch of the Old Colony Railroad opened in 1872. A station was open at Cataumet by 1879.^[2][3][4][5] A new station building was constructed in 1883.^[6] The gingerbread-style 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.

References

1. 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.
2. "Town of Sandwich, Mass." (Map). Atlas of Barnstable County, Massachusetts. 1:63,360. Geo. H Walker & Co. 1880. p. 19.
3. "The Pocasset Horror". Fall River Daily Evening News. May 12, 1879. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "The Pocasset Adventists". Evening Star. May 16, 1879. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Old Colony Railroad Excursion Rates [advertisement]". Boston Evening Transcript. June 7, 1881. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Twentieth Annual Report of the Old Colony Railroad Co. to the Stockholders. Old Colony Railroad Company. November 1883. p. 7.

External links

• Media related to Cataumet station at Wikimedia Commons