Aberdeen, MS, Columbus Subdivision, Aberdeen Branch, MP 622.6

Aberdeen, MS depot

Aberdeen, MS - MP 622.6.

Pictures from the Library of Congress "American Memory" web site; "Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record."

For more information on searching or, information on Reproduction and Rights, refer to Library of Congress American Memory

Drawings are also available at this site by searching on the words "Aberdeen Mississippi Frisco"

 

For floor plan, see Cabool, MO posting.

https://www.frisco.org/shipit/index.php?threads/cabool-mo-willow-springs-subdivision-mp-279-1.385/

 

Aberdeen, MS depot.

1925 Sanborn Map.

 

Here is a link to the Library of Congress for the depot at Aberdeen, MS.

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhphoto&fileName=ms/ms0000/ms0045/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=Aberdeen Station, U.S. Route 45, Aberdeen, Monroe, MS&displayType=1&itemLink=D?hh:6:./temp/~ammem_lCRc::

A nice interior photograph as well as drawings.

 

Hmmm, works for me.

Try this one.

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampag...playType=1&itemLink=D?hh:6:./temp/~ammem_lCRc::

I was still in it. Interesting in edit the url is a heck of a lot longer, but when I post it, it gets shortened.

 

&*&%$ computers. Go to

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/hhquery.html

Then type in St Louis San Francisco Railroad, then select "match all these words", then click on "Search".

You get just 6 results.

 

Did you notice that the freight doors are hinged horizontally in the middle.

I have never seen that before, most Frisco depots had the freight door hung on a overhead track, and the door rolled out of the way to one side of the opening.

I do not understand how the freight door would work.

 

As usual, you are right, they are very weird.

Also note the pad lock below the white box towards the center of the door. Hmmmm.

The bottom half must of swung up, but then that box would be in the way.

Very interesting.

 

Wish the depot was still standing the BN tore down too much.

 

That little box on the freight door was the way bill box, usually they were mounted on the depot side next to the entrance door, not on the freight door.

I would guess that the freight door was never opened again after the way bill box was mounted on it.

Just a guess.

 

Does anyone know of any pictures of the station shack at Hamilton, MS?

It did not seem to be much of a depot.

I have a picture of it in a magazine article form the 1930s.

Also I have pictures on all the old depot from Amory, MS to Pensacola, FL.

The only other one I need is Cantonment, FL.

Does anyone have or know where I could get a copy of one?

 

Railrider44,

Would you please post them to this website.

Those depots would be very interesting to see.

 

I will see what I can do.

I will have to scan most of them, most of them are old postcard photographs.

I work on the Amory to Pensacola line, just trying to get pictures of all the old depots.

 

The depot was still standing as of less than 5 months ago.

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.822038,-88.516643,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1s119667762!2e1!3e10!6s//lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Sqw71QG4UvxmA5Lo3zHT5A0ciPWs-ChXon77S7e66un4jZ_PGroUfUfZn7j98qY8ZXQLgLDqSGe8BAA9z5gHYCmQ5MtQ8RrcSU4=w203-h135!7i4272!8i2848

I took my girls to see it at that time. It sits at what was known as East Aberdeen on the east side of the waterway where there was a wye with a spur into Aberdeen proper on the original line.

When the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway was built, the Columbus Sub was relocated a little to the east and the track at the depot was abandoned.