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Introduced at the end of the 19th century, letterbox no. 4 was designed for the sole purpose of being installed on railway station platform posts.

Passengers in transit could drop off mail items addressed to a destination serviced by the railway’s mail service. Its distinctive feature is a lock cover shaped as a lion’s paw.

It was removed from service when the railways stopped delivering mail in 1972.

All the information used with the pictures was taken from information at the Canadian Railway Museum Site.

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Author Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada
Camera location45° 22′ 35.1″ N, 73° 33′ 50.79″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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