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ebook History of Watertown,
Wisconsin
C M & St P Railroad Depot
1910
1855
07 26 The Railroad Depot—Probably
the best depot building now in the state may be seen in the city of
Watertown. It is finished, and last week
after careful inspection, was accepted by the Railroad company,
and is now ready for use. It is a brick
building one hundred and fifty feet long, with an exterior width of forty feet,
and substantially built. The ticket
department is admirably arranged, having three rooms, one for delivery, one for
ladies, and one for gentlemen. Directly
over these rooms, in the second story, an office has been fitted up for the use
of clerks, engineers, and any other purposes to which it may be convenient to
put it. The remainder of the building is
for storing, and the reception and delivery of goods. Mr. P. B. Basford
is the builder of this depot, and we know of no better place, or more
gratifying evidence of the perfectly satisfactory manner in which he has
fulfilled his contract, and to say that on offering the building in a finished
state for examination to the company, it was immediately accepted without
reservation or delay. Everything was so
well done as to call forth an expression of hearty thanks and entire
satisfaction on the part of those into whose [hands it] has now passed.
It may not be uninteresting to remark,
that Mr. Basford put up the very first brick dwelling
ever built in Watertown, some ten years ago, and may now be seen as perfect and
solid as the day on which it was completed.
He is one of our most extensive builders, and the monuments of his
enterprise are now scattered all over the limits of the city, to which every
year makes new editions. WD
1873
Cross References:
Chapter on C. M. & St. Paul Railway
Freight office, malt
house in distance, Image WHS_005_100
Image WHS_005_109
Depot and train image, WHS_006_335
