East Side, North Extension

This photograph clearly shows the vertical gap and the need for vertical posts rather than horizontal beams.

Pad Supports for North Extension

The extension that forms part of the L extended over lower levels. The original wooden supports went into the groud. The part in contact with the dirt had rotted away over the 130 years. The wood is much better quality than can be obtained now so will be reused but this time onto a concrete pad support.

North West Corner Support

New timbers placed on gravel based as per the original. This will all be hidden by the siding, eventually.

Men at Work

More men at work, in this photo the temporary roofing is being removed and new wood being put in to replace/strentghen missing or deteriorated beams and bracing..

Battery Room?

These two photographs show the small room behind the Agents Office. Whilst we can not be certain, the 'waxed' paper and battery terminals suggest that this was used for the storage of the batteries used to power the telegraph. The power output of batteries at the time was very low, so they needed a lot of them, possible 100. They would have looked like mason jars filled with acid and a cathode and anode.

Historical Photographs

We have no definitive early photograph of the Depot. This is one of my favourites. Taken from the south it shows a train arriving from Boreas, but presumably not the one the child is waiting for. Note the platform suggesting that this is pre 1910.

Summer 2008

For reference this shows the Depot in the summer of 2008 after volunteers had propped it and put in the temporary supports.