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In 1867, Richmond was a northern suburb of Halifax, located between Duffus and Young Streets, on the slopes of Needham Hill. The area was first farmland and then became an industrial village as factories and machine shops moved into Richmond. Local industries included Imperial Oil, Richmond Printing, Gunn Feed Mill, and Wellington Barracks. Houses and shops were constructed along Campbell Road for the workers and their families.

The Nova Scotia Railroad was built in 1854 and the sole railway terminal for Halifax was in Richmond, an inconvenient location over 2 miles north of the city. The railway station was a depot and roundhouse near the foot of Duffus St, described by the by the Acadian Recorder as “not fit for a cow stable, or a wood-shed”. Canadian Confederation guaranteed the construction of the Intercolonial Railway, and the new rail station was constructed closer to Halifax in 1877, on North Street.

Date: [19--]

Reference: Halifax Public Libraries Postcard Collection Halifax Central Library HPL-PC-0188

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