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Welcome. To a wonderful, fun-filled family-oriented evening A Magic Show with Michael Paul!. A Fundraiser For. The Windsor Locks Preservation Association’s Save The Train Station Project. Thank You To Our Event Sponsors!. Welcome to another wonderful evening,

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  1. Welcome To a wonderful, fun-filled family-oriented evening A Magic Show with Michael Paul!

  2. A Fundraiser For The Windsor Locks Preservation Association’s Save The Train Station Project

  3. Thank You ToOur Event Sponsors! Welcome to another wonderful evening, filled with family-oriented fun A Magic Show with Michael Paul!

  4. Thank You ToOur Program Advertisers! Markowski DentalWindsor Locks Heating & Cooling The 1st National Bank of SuffieldJoe’s Bass, Bait & TackleCharles S Carillo Agency, Inc.

  5. Thank You ToOur Program Advertisers! Elmore Design CollaborativeChestnut Oak AssociatesPhil’s Automotive Scata's Auto & Truck RepairsLa Notte Restaurant American Ecumenical Catholic Church

  6. Thank You ToOur Program Advertisers! Chiropractic Health Centers Enfield Animal HospitalHair Styles UnlimitedBacher CorporationDr. John T. Barrett DDS Healthy Smiles Dental Care - Dr. Chris Kim DMD

  7. Thank You ToOur Program Advertisers! T & S Sporting Goods Inc. Fahey, Landolina & AssociatesSt. Mary ChurchSmalley Brothers VFW Post 6123Bobby G's Old Fashioned Service

  8. Thank You ToOur Raffle Donors! Lincoln Financial Group Napa Auto Parts Cracker Barrel - East Windsor Ahlstrom Stop & Shop – Windsor Shaw’s Geisslers - East Windsor Red Robin – Enfield Panera Bread – Enfield Skooters Daley’s Florist The Donut Kettle

  9. Thank You ToOur Raffle Donors! New England Air Museum Tastefully Simple Joe’s Bass, Bait & Tackle Nancy O’Konis National Amusements Colonial Printers Boston Market - Bloomfield Sofia’s Restaurant Alaimo & Barile Real Estate Quiznos Subs Big Y – East Windsor T G I Fridays

  10. Thank You ToOur Raffle Donors! Creative Clips Pet Salon Dorothy Musiol Dairy Cream at Bradley Robin’s Nest Crafts Dari Delite - East Windsor Joan Levitan Hair Styles Unlimited Annie Raasch Watch Me Now – Cathy Simonea Montgomery Wholesale Florist

  11. Thank You ToOur Raffle Donors! Jen DiPoppo Barbara Carlson Bradley Bowl Barbara Tarbell Tammy McKay Wal Mart Mark Twain House Revay’s Hands on Theraputic Massage Pickleworks Basketball Hall of Fame Starbucks Swede’s Jewelers Chris Morris

  12. Thank You ToOur Corporate Sponsors! The following have made financial, product or service contributions to the Save The Train Station Project throughout the 2005 and 2006 season. Elmore Design Collaborative, Inc. Cracker Barrel and the Country Lady of East Windsor Michael Paul Magic The Lawrence Associates

  13. Thank You ToOur Corporate Sponsors! CT Trust for Historic Preservation in conjunction with the CT Council on the HumanitiesC&S Wholesale Grocers Ahlstrom Yankee Signs The following have made financial, product or service contributions to the Save The Train Station Project throughout the 2005 and 2006 season.

  14. Thank You ToOur Corporate Sponsors! Alaimo & Barile Realtors - Mike BarileT & S SportsStorms & Storms - Attorneys At LawAmherst Railway SocietyBearly Visible Design The following have made financial, product or service contributions to the Save The Train Station Project throughout the 2005 and 2006 season.

  15. Windsor LocksPreservation Association Our mailing address is: Windsor Locks Preservation Association, Inc. PO Box 158 East Windsor, CT 06088-0158

  16. Windsor LocksPreservation Association The Windsor Locks Train Station is a fine example of 1800’s Passenger Station architecture - one of the few such stations that remain intact today

  17. Train Station Time Line • 1844New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail Road begins offering train service, connecting Windsor Locks with Hartford, Springfield and beyond

  18. Train Station construction drawing –1875

  19. Train Station Time Line • 1875Passenger Train Station built by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail Road

  20. Train Station Time Line • 1891 - June 10Crowds gather at train station for the grandest day in town's history - dedication of the Soldiers Memorial Hall Hundreds of Civil War Veterans, judges, political figures & countless dignitaries arrive via train and form parade marching through streets to Memorial Hall

  21. Passenger Depot –circa 1906

  22. Tracks near Dexter Factory –circa 1908

  23. Train Station Time Line • 1906 - DecemberCrowds gather as guests from all over New England arrive via train to attend the wedding of Thomasine Haskell and George Conant at Ashmere, (the Dexter Coffin mansion) further south on Main Street

  24. Train Station Time Line • 1938 - September 21Brick Freight Depot next to Passenger Station blown down during hurricane • Though rebuilt, Freight Depot was acquired and demolished in 1960's & 70's during urban renewal project

  25. Freight Depot –circa early 1900’s

  26. Main Street –circa 1915

  27. Main Street –circa 1919

  28. Hartford & Springfield Street Car #22 This street car is typical of those that traveled through town in the early 1900’s

  29. Train Station -circa 1920-1930

  30. Train Station Time Line • 1940'sOriginally painted Yellow-Cream with Tudor Brown and Forest Green highlights, station is given a thorough clean-up and sand blasted, revealing red brick appearance which remains to this day

  31. Train Station Time Line • 1953-1961Dwight Eisenhower visited the Windsor Locks Train Station on a whistle stop during his presidency, much to the joy of the townspeople and school children who were let out and gathered at the station

  32. Train Station –circa 1967

  33. Train Station Time Line • 1971Last boarding passes sold Building closed

  34. Train Station Time Line • 1975The Train Station is 100 years old! • Slated for demolition, building placed on National Register of Historic Places by The Save The Station Committee, which was formed by Robert Bickford & C. Birbara • Sadly, town's redevelopment agency does not pursue acquisition

  35. Train Station Time Line • 1975 - January 8Windsor Locks native, Ella Rose Tambussi Grasso, first woman elected governor in the United States of America, boards train to attend her inauguration in Hartford

  36. Train Station Time Line • 2000The train station vandalized by fire. Thankfully, fire is discovered quickly and extinguished

  37. Train Station Time Line • 2004 - OctoberWindsor Locks Preservation Association founded by Barbara Schley & Mickey Danyluk

  38. Train Station exterior -December 2004

  39. Train Station interior -December 2004

  40. Train Station Time Line • 2004 - DecemberWindsor Locks Preservation Association receives 501(c)(3) non-profit status

  41. Windsor Locks Train Station December 2004

  42. Train Station History The existing abandoned passenger train station was built in 1875 by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, some 31 years after the railroad came through Windsor Locks, replacing transportation of goods and people on the Connecticut River and its canal

  43. Train Station construction drawing –1875

  44. Rail Road Station and Main Street Circa 1908

  45. Train Station exterior -December 2004

  46. Train Station History The train station is the sole surviving structure of the mid-19th century Main Street business district of the once quaint industrial village of "Windsor Locks" founded in 1854

  47. Main Street –circa 1915

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