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Mural lit by night, Nov 2015
Historical
Grand Trunk Railway train with an ad for the Globe (before it joined The Mail & Empire) so – pre-1936. The train has just rounded Dundas station (the little white house on the left In the horizon left of the tree is downtown Hamilton – where Stelco is now.)
Farmers loading baskets of fruit 1920
BJS early 1900’s
Freeman Station ca. 1910
Courtesy of George Kush. This oil painting depicts the Gate House, where his Grand father worked the crossing gates for 30 years.
Burlington volunteers, 17 August 1914
First Freeman Station 1900
Events
Exhibit at Jos. Brant Museum
Exhibit at Jos. Brant Museum
Whinstones at Jos. Brant Museum exhibit
Darrell Harnett in his 1927 Model T Ford
Restoration
Al Harris, Diane Rook-Harris, Bob Miller salvaging flooring
Joe Wyle - waiting room & stationmaster’s office
Framing for the stairwell
Completion of the stairwell
Station with snow on the roof, Nov 2014
Volunteer Eric Shergold
BDRC committee meeting
At the Heritage Fair held in Burlington on Feb 2013, Les Armstrong presented a slide show of the history of the Freeman Station. We have made this into video and have made it available for all to see. To view the video : Click here!
