Rhodes Curry Company was a construction contractor and builder of railway rolling stock based in Amherst , Nova Scotia . Rhodes Curry Company was a significant business in the industrial, commercial, and architectural history of Nova Scotia, and was instrumental in the commercial development and expansion of Nova Scotia’s turn-of-the-century economy.
7-569: Rhodes Curry Company had a reputation for quality of workmanship and craftsmanship and was the contractor and builder of a number of grand homes, churches, and business in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Many examples of their work still survive, such as the Pugwash Train Station in Pugwash, Nova Scotia , St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Sydney, Nova Scotia , and Beinn Bhreagh ,
14-499: The 1880s. After the departure of Dodge, the company expanded into the railcar repairing business in 1880s. Rhodes and Curry acquired Harris Car Works and Foundry of Saint John, NB in 1893 and moved operations to Amherst. Rhodes Curry Company began operations in 1891 and began building railcars for railways in the region. The company expanded with branch plants in New Glasgow , Sydney and Halifax . After Rhodes died in 1909,
21-599: The North Cumberland Historical Society and a pop-up cafe operated by the Pugwash Farmer's Market. On September 18, 1882, the town of Pugwash celebrated the commencement of work on the railway in Pugwash. The commencement of work there with special ceremonies presided over by Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Wilson a leading citizen with a " sod-turning ceremony ". The station was designed by Sir Sandford Fleming ,
28-474: The Scottish-born engineer notable for successfully promoting standard time , and it was built by Rhodes, Curry & Co. The first passengers to arrive via railway to Pugwash was a group of Cumberland County school teachers, October 28, 1890. It is built of brick and is described as "restrained gothic style , two stories, cross gable roof with 6 hip gable dormers and decorative faces". The railway station
35-422: The company was sold to Canadian Car and Foundry , CCF. In 1920, the architectural and commercial building portion of the former Rhodes Curry Company split from CCF and continued to exist until the 1950s. Pugwash station The Pugwash station is a former inter-city railway station building in the community of Pugwash, Nova Scotia , Canada. It was operated by Canadian National Railway , and now houses
42-562: The former estate of Alexander Graham Bell, in Victoria County, Nova Scotia , all recognised Heritage Properties. Industrialist Nelson Admiral Rhodes , Nathaniel Curry and Barry Dodge founded a construction company in Amherst, Nova Scotia , in 1877. It was originally a manufacturer of sash and doors, but they soon switched to construction business. It later acquired mills and other manufacturing plants (brick and other building materials) in
49-690: Was listed on September 11, 1996, as a Municipally Registered Property under the Heritage Property Act , and as a Provincially Registered Property under the same statute in 2009. The Pugwash railway station is one of only two stations designed by Fleming still standing in Nova Scotia. The station is also famous for its part in the Thinkers Conference . Pugwash native Cyrus Eaton used the station to transport and house those who attended conference. The devastating fires of 1926 and 1929 destroyed
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