http://www.flickr.com/photos/riverst/tags/hamlettrainstation/ Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:03:37 -0800 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:03:37 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2018/buddyicons/34525698@N00.jpg?1295854272#34525698@N00 http://www.flickr.com/photos/riverst/tags/hamlettrainstation/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/riverst/6342054177/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/riverst/">NC Cigany</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/riverst/6342054177/" title="THE HAMLET TRAIN DEPOT"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6213/6342054177_156c1aa1ba_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="THE HAMLET TRAIN DEPOT" /></a></p> <p>HAMLET NC: This is a neat, huge train building. I don't know whether it should be called a depot, a station, or what. It was built in 1891 [also read 1895] and moved-refurbished just a few years ago.<br /> <br /> The Station is quite impressive and it has quite a history and quite a recent major renovation. The Station was moved to its present spot from its former location and completely rebuilt. This was one of those &quot;We can do the move for less than $10. . .&quot; type of deals until they started moving earth and found more water than they bargained for. After all was said and done and the accountants removed their arm garters the total had run over $10,000,000. I, for one, am happy it was spent.<br /> <br /> Though Hamlet never grew into a town or city of any size [current population is about 6,000] it did serve the railroads admirably for generations. By 1936 Hamlet was dubbed the “Hub of the Seaboard [RR]” with five Seaboard Railroad lines leading out of Hamlet and about thirty passenger trains leaving each day.</p> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:03:37 -0800 2011-11-13T12:38:34-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (NC Cigany) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6342054177 34.883582 -79.69891 34.883582 -79.69891 2459029 THE HAMLET TRAIN DEPOT <p>HAMLET NC: This is a neat, huge train building. I don't know whether it should be called a depot, a station, or what. It was built in 1891 [also read 1895] and moved-refurbished just a few years ago.<br /> <br /> The Station is quite impressive and it has quite a history and quite a recent major renovation. The Station was moved to its present spot from its former location and completely rebuilt. This was one of those &quot;We can do the move for less than $10. . .&quot; type of deals until they started moving earth and found more water than they bargained for. After all was said and done and the accountants removed their arm garters the total had run over $10,000,000. I, for one, am happy it was spent.<br /> <br /> Though Hamlet never grew into a town or city of any size [current population is about 6,000] it did serve the railroads admirably for generations. By 1936 Hamlet was dubbed the “Hub of the Seaboard [RR]” with five Seaboard Railroad lines leading out of Hamlet and about thirty passenger trains leaving each day.</p> NC Cigany city blue windows sky brown building clouds rural town historic depot hamlet seaboard hamletnc 0355 hitstory 20111113 hamlettrainstation