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Feilding Railway Station Fire, c. 1960

Firefighters control the blaze at Feilding Railway Station, 29th July, 1960. The building was badly damaged and parts were completely destroyed. A year and a half later, on the 7th of December 1961, the station was officially reopened.

The original station was constructed in 1887, at a cost of 710 pounds. Considerable improvements were made between 1897 and 1901, and this building remained with only a few modifications, until the first fire in 1960. Part of the building that stands today was demolished after a second fire in 1988.

Feilding Railway Station

The first railway station in Feilding was built in 1887, and was extended and improved between 1897 and 1901. It remained, with only a few modifications, until it was partly destroyed by fire in 1960. Construction of the present station began a year later, and the buildings were officially opened in December 1961.

As the buildings in this photo are clearly made out of wood, it can be assumed that this is the original station, which puts the date of this photograph before 1960.

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