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Mural - The 1st Train, Confederation
Part of Local History Collection
Part of the mural on the south of 13 John St. This section depicts the arrival of the first train to Bradford on June 15th, 1853. The bottom postcard or the 'back' of the top one states: "Bradford was ten years old at the time of Confederation, having been incorporated as a village in 1857."
Peter Wilson
Looking NE at Bradford GO Station
Part of Local History Collection
Looking north-east at the Bradford GO Station.
Irma Pappenheim
Part of Local History Collection
Photograph of the Holland River Bridge in 1920. The boat in the centre of the photograph are the hay-cutters of the Holland Marsh on the boat they would use to transport their daily work. This was prior to the marsh's drainage. Horses were transported up-river to work on the Marsh wearing wooden shoes. In the photograph, there are men fishing off the bridge, and on the right side (west of the bridge) you can see the water tower which trains used to fill up their water supply.
Bill Marks
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Sunday, June 18, 1950
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Toronto
Description : Died in St. Michael's Hospital, where he had spent the past six months. Husband of Mary Elizabeth Maher. Father of Peter, Mrs. F. Wilkinson (Mitzi), Mrs. A.J. Abel (Dorothy), Miss Marjorie Hirlehey, and Mrs. Glenn Boyd (Alice Joan). Brother of Mrs. McWilliams of Bradford and Frank of Toronto. Born in Sunderland. Telegrapher with the railway at several stations before being appointed station master at Bradford forty years ago. Retired in 1937 and took up gardening, tending to his own garden and the garden of the Forty Martyrs' Church. Funeral from Holy Rosary Church, St. Clair Ave., Toronto, at 9 a.m. Interment in Mount Hope Cemetery, Toronto. Pallbearers: Glenn Boyd, Harold Hirlehey, George Cushinan, Frank Maher, Pat Maher, and P. Michell.
Bradford Witness
Go Transit train on the Holland River bridge - 1989
Part of Local History Collection
Photograph of the Go Transit train on its path through Bradford.
Barry Schroeder
Go Transit train on the Holland River bridge - 1989
Part of Local History Collection
Photograph of the Go Transit train on its path through Bradford.
Barry Schroeder
Go Train at the Bradford Go Station
Part of Local History Collection
A train pulling into the Bradford GO Station on Bridge Street.
Irma Pappenheim
Part of Local History Collection
Go Ticket Station for the previous version of the Train Station.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Go Station from the parking lot
Part of Local History Collection
The Bradford Go Station terminal on Bridge Street, facing the parking lot.
Irma Pappenheim
Part of Local History Collection
The Gilford Station was a popular stop along the railway bringing mail to the surrounding area and vacationers to the beach. It is now in the Simcoe County Museum.
The first temporary train station was built in 1853 with the coming of the new train service up to Barrie. A permanent station was built in 1870.