Stevenson Passenger Station Site
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id: CT063-S01
title: Photographer’s location record: Stevenson station foundations
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source reviewed September 2026
institution: Stevenson Passenger Station Site
summary: Supporting source for the collection’s history, chronology and research notes. A photographic postcard and a later view of foundations record the loss of a small station.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stevenson_station_site_152.JPG
credit: Photographer’s location record
notes: External source; the full publication remains with its publisher. The archive provides an original educational summary and a link. See the collection history for the claims supported by this record.
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id: CT063-S02
title: Historical photographic postcard: Stevenson station
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source reviewed September 2026
institution: Stevenson Passenger Station Site
summary: Supporting source for the collection’s history, chronology and research notes. A photographic postcard and a later view of foundations record the loss of a small station.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stevenson_station_postcard.jpg
credit: Historical photographic postcard
notes: External source; the full publication remains with its publisher. The archive provides an original educational summary and a link. See the collection history for the claims supported by this record.
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id: CT063-P01
title: Stevenson station site 152
kind: Photographs
date: 2012-04-29
institution: Stevenson Passenger Station Site
summary: Site of the former Stevenson station in the Stevenson section of Monroe, Connecticut along the Housatonic Railroad's Derby Extension.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stevenson_station_site_152.JPG
credit: Pedro Xing / CC0
notes: CC0 public domain dedication; attribution appreciated but not required. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image. Former passenger station; the adjacent rail line was used for freight when the 2012 photo was taken.
file: images/rail_stevenson-19401917.jpg
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license_url: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
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id: CT063-P02
title: Stevenson station postcard
kind: Photographs
date: circa 1907-1915
institution: Stevenson Passenger Station Site
summary: Divided back postcard of Stevenson station
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stevenson_station_postcard.jpg
credit: Unknown photographer / Public domain
notes: Public domain in the United States (source file license). Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image. Former passenger station; the adjacent rail line was used for freight when the 2012 photo was taken. 500px web thumbnail after source throttled larger image.
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id: ED-H2-HT-SP-043
title: First Stevenson station nearing completion
kind: Photographs
date: circa 1890; exact exposure date unknown
institution: Stevenson Passenger Station Site
summary: The first Stevenson station appears near the end of construction. Monroe Historical Society dates its opening to June 12, 1890.
url: https://www.monroecthistory.org/stevenson-1
credit: Unidentified photographer / Monroe Historical Society (publisher; physical original not identified)
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. Kevin Daly's article identifies the first station as destroyed May19,1905; replacement was moved from Monroe. Keep first and replacement depots distinct. Reuse: Rights review: no image reuse terms verified; link only.
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id: ED-H2-HT-SP-044
title: Map locating the original and replacement Stevenson stations
kind: Photographs
date: Modern explanatory map; date unspecified
institution: Stevenson Passenger Station Site
summary: A modern location map helps distinguish the first Stevenson depot from its replacement.
url: https://www.monroecthistory.org/stevenson-1
credit: Creator not credited on page / Monroe Historical Society
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. This is a modern interpretive map, not a nineteenth-century railroad map. Reuse: Rights review: no image reuse terms verified; link only.
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