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On to White Rock: A Building's Journey Through Time

 
A row of motorcycles parked on Washington Avenue outside the station.
73 of 158 		A crowd gathers on the platform at the station
74 of 158 		Washington Avenue in the early 1950s with the station on the right hand side.
75 of 158 		Water skiers in Semiahmoo Bay in 1953.
76 of 158 		A new diesel train at the station in the early 1950s.
77 of 158 		The business district in 1958.
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Washington Avenue in 1958.
79 of 158 		A 1950s era postcard.
80 of 158 		Map of the Great Northern Railway routes in western Canada and the US, from a 1967 timetable.
81 of 158 		Mary Sanford and Margaret Hastings
82 of 158 		Historian Barrie Sanford attaches a banner to the last passenger train to stop at the station.
83 of 158 		Mary Sanford stands by last passenger train to stop in White Rock, after its arrival in Vancouver.
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Built in 1913, the underpass to the beach was in a state of disrepair by the late 1980s.
85 of 158 		Plan showing the layout of the railway offices and Customs and Immigration offices
86 of 158 		The end of passenger service at the White Rock station
87 of 158 		City of White Rock Parks and Recreation Department's General Policy for the use of former BNR depot.
88 of 158 		The cover of the program for the official ceremony turning over ownership of the station
89 of 158 		Mayor Donald MacDonald accepts a symbolic key to the station from BNR VP (Seattle) Richard Beulke.
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