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Viewing Album:  Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot - Ft. Recovery, OH - interior photos - 2017
 
By:Jamie Smith
Dates:3/10/2017 - 3/10/2017
Album Info:I photographed this depot in 1996. It has been repainted from green to gray. Interior photos taken through windows so quality is lower. In 1976 the depot was moved from its original location at North Wayne Street to the edge of Ambassador Park. The depot was busy 24 hours a day with six trains daily, three each direction. During World War II, local veterans and women would meet the troop trains at the depot every night. Soldiers traveling through would receive a good meal, cigarettes, coffee and soft drinks. This rail line was built by the Indianapolis & Sandusky Railroad, a subsidiary of Lake Erie & Louisville Railroad, connecting Celina and Muncie, 53.78 miles. Construction was started in early summer of 1879. By October track had been laid between Celina and Ft. Recovery, 15 miles. Tracklayers started working from Muncie and just before Christmas the two met at Portland, IN - 11 miles west of Ft. Recovery. Regular trains started between Muncie and Celina in the latter part of May 1880. Lake Erie & Western was formed on August 4, 1879 by consolidating Lake Erie & Louisville and its subsidiary Indianapolis & Sandusky with other properties. LE&W came under control of New York Central in 1900 and sold to the Nickel Plate in 1922. Sources: depot - The Daily Standard. Rail line history - The Nickel Plate Story by John A. Rehor.
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Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Title:  Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Description:  East side of depot. Located at Ambassador Park. See album description for history of this railroad.
Photo Date:  3/10/2017  Upload Date: 3/11/2017 10:00:12 AM
Location:  Fort Recovery, OH
Author:  Jamie Smith
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Title:  Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Description:  North side of depot. Located at Ambassador Park. See album description for history of this railroad.
Photo Date:  3/10/2017  Upload Date: 3/11/2017 10:02:46 AM
Location:  Fort Recovery, OH
Author:  Jamie Smith
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger
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Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Title:  Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Description:  West side of depot. Located at Ambassador Park. See album description for history of this railroad.
Photo Date:  3/10/2017  Upload Date: 3/11/2017 10:04:14 AM
Location:  Fort Recovery, OH
Author:  Jamie Smith
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger
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Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Title:  Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Description:  West side of depot. Located at Ambassador Park. See album description for history of this railroad.
Photo Date:  3/10/2017  Upload Date: 3/11/2017 10:05:51 AM
Location:  Fort Recovery, OH
Author:  Jamie Smith
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Title:  Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Description:  West side of depot. Located at Ambassador Park. See album description for history of this railroad.
Photo Date:  3/10/2017  Upload Date: 3/11/2017 10:06:54 AM
Location:  Fort Recovery, OH
Author:  Jamie Smith
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Title:  Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Description:  West side of depot, south end. Located at Ambassador Park. See album description for history of this railroad.
Photo Date:  3/10/2017  Upload Date: 3/11/2017 10:07:50 AM
Location:  Fort Recovery, OH
Author:  Jamie Smith
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Title:  Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Description:  West side of depot. Located at Ambassador Park. See album description for history of this railroad.
Photo Date:  3/10/2017  Upload Date: 3/11/2017 10:11:28 AM
Location:  Fort Recovery, OH
Author:  Jamie Smith
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger
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Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Title:  Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Description:  I wanted a photograph of depot behind Boy Scouts trailer. East side of depot. Located at Ambassador Park. See album description for history of this railroad.
Photo Date:  3/10/2017  Upload Date: 3/11/2017 10:13:29 AM
Location:  Fort Recovery, OH
Author:  Jamie Smith
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Title:  Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Description:  Semaphore base. West side of depot. Located at Ambassador Park. See album description for history of this railroad.
Photo Date:  3/10/2017  Upload Date: 3/11/2017 10:17:29 AM
Location:  Fort Recovery, OH
Author:  Jamie Smith
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Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Title:  Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Description:  East side of depot. Located at Ambassador Park. See album description for history of this railroad.
Photo Date:  3/10/2017  Upload Date: 3/11/2017 10:19:12 AM
Location:  Fort Recovery, OH
Author:  Jamie Smith
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Title:  Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Description:  East side of depot. Located at Ambassador Park. See album description for history of this railroad.
Photo Date:  3/10/2017  Upload Date: 3/11/2017 10:20:23 AM
Location:  Fort Recovery, OH
Author:  Jamie Smith
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Lake Erie & Western depot
Title:  Lake Erie & Western depot
Description:  Wood burning stove and no chimney. Interior photo through window. Some equipment used during depot operation. Located at Ambassador Park. See album description for history of this railroad.
Photo Date:  3/10/2017  Upload Date: 3/11/2017 10:21:22 AM
Location:  Fort Recovery, OH
Author:  Jamie Smith
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Title:  Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Description:  Semaphore levers are still in depot. Interior photo through window. Some equipment used during depot operation. Located at Ambassador Park. See album description for history of this railroad.
Photo Date:  3/10/2017  Upload Date: 3/11/2017 10:24:11 AM
Location:  Fort Recovery, OH
Author:  Jamie Smith
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger
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Lake Erie & Western depot
Title:  Lake Erie & Western depot
Description:  Interior photo through window. Some equipment used during depot operation. Located at Ambassador Park. See album description for history of this railroad.
Photo Date:  3/10/2017  Upload Date: 3/11/2017 10:31:21 AM
Location:  Fort Recovery, OH
Author:  Jamie Smith
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Title:  Lake Erie & Western/NKP depot
Description:  Interior photo through window. Some equipment used during depot operation. Located at Ambassador Park. See album description for history of this railroad.
Photo Date:  3/10/2017  Upload Date: 3/11/2017 10:33:45 AM
Location:  Fort Recovery, OH
Author:  Jamie Smith
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Lake Erie & Western depot
Title:  Lake Erie & Western depot
Description:  Interior photo through window. Some equipment used during depot operation. Located at Ambassador Park. See album description for history of this railroad.
Photo Date:  3/10/2017  Upload Date: 3/11/2017 10:35:19 AM
Location:  Fort Recovery, OH
Author:  Jamie Smith
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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