Oban, Saskatchewan

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Coordinates: 52°07′38″N 108°08′32″W / 52.12722°N 108.14222°W / 52.12722; -108.14222
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Oban
Unincorporated area
Central Standard Time)
[1][2][3][4]

Oban is an

Biggar railway station is a divisional point for the Canadian National Railway (CNR).[5] Oban had the last provincial interlocking tower at the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway level crossing, which was constructed in 1910 and closed in 1990.[6]

History

The name Oban is from the community

Oban in Argyll, Scotland.[7]

Economy

The community had a grain elevator and post office till the 1960s. The Oban Salt Company opened in 1937.[7]

Law and government

The Reeve and council of

federal electoral district of Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar
.

Demographics

The population is enumerated as a part of the

Biggar No. 347, Saskatchewan. These statistics are for the RM
.


Canada census – Oban, Saskatchewan community profile
Population
Land area
Population density
Median age
Private dwellings
Median household income
References: earlier[8][9]
N/A = Data Not Available

Education

Historically Oban School District #4733 was located at Township 37, Range 16 West of the 3rd Meridian.[10]

Transportation

In 1925 Oban was located on the Minnedosa–Saskatoon–Edmonton

CNR between Lett and Biggar.[11]

Infrastructure

Oban had the last provincial interlocking tower at the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway level crossing which was constructed in 1910 and closed in 1990. The tower has been moved to the Saskatchewan Railway Museum.[6]

Oban tower was a requirement for the

Canadian National Railways in 1919.) Oban tower consisted of a 16-frame interlocking machine. There were levers attached to pipes and cranks which controlled semaphore signals and train derails. If an approaching train did not react to the signals at the crossing, the derails were utilized, causing a minor accident and averting a major collision. The signals would be operated 1,750 feet (530 m) and 1,200 feet (370 m) along the railway track. At 55 feet (17 m) the derail would be set if the train could not stop before the intersection.[6]

There have been 8,800 miles (14,200 km) railway track in the province of Saskatchewan. Rail companies were intersected 58 times at level crossings. Some of these were railway lines crossing municipal street car rail lines. There were 36 Saskatchewan crossings which were controlled by mechanical interlocking machines between the early 1900s and 1990.[6]

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See also

References

  1. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
  2. ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
  3. ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
  4. ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007, retrieved October 7, 2008
  5. ^ "Biggar". communityprofiles saskbiz.ca. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved October 3, 2008.
  6. ^ a b c d "Welcome to Saskrailmuseum.org". GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY BUILDINGS. September 11, 2008. Archived from the original on October 15, 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2008.
  7. ^
    ISBN 978-1-897010-19-8
  8. 2006 Canadian Census
    . Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
  9. 2001 Canadian Census
    . Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
  10. ^ Adamson, J. "– One Room School Project". Saskatchewan Gen Web. Retrieved October 3, 2008.
  11. ^ Adamson, J; et al. (July 23, 2007), Canadian Maps: January 1925 Waghorn's Guide. Post Offices in Man. Sask. Alta. and West Ontario. Online Historical Map Digitization Project

Further reading

  • Title A Harvest of Memories: Oban, Neola, Avalon, Elwell, Monarch, Louvain, Kensmith, Twin Hill, Fairmount, Vanceview, Gagenville, Curths Hill, Castlewood, Whiteshore, Wilson Lake / [editor: Isla Solanik] or the North Biggar history
  • Published Biggar, Sask.: North Biggar History Book Committee, 1986
  • ISBN 0889256020
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