Queponco station
{{Short description|Railway station in Newark, Maryland, US}}
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| name = Queponco
| style = Pennsylvania Railroad
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| image = Queponco Railway Station in Newark, MD; Photo by Linda Roy Walls.jpg
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| caption = Quenponco station in May 2017
| address = 2378 Patey Woods Road
| borough = Newark, Maryland
| country = United States
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| name = Queponco railway station
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| location = 2378 Patey Woods Rd., Newark, Maryland
| coordinates = {{coord|38.25147|-75.29227|region:US-MD_type:railwaystation|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Maryland#USA
| built = {{Start date|1910}}
| added = January 19, 1996
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 95001546{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
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Queponco is a historic United States railway station located at 8378 Patey Woods Road, Newark, Worcester County, Maryland. Constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Queponco railway station served Snow Hill, Berlin and Newark communities.{{cite web|url=https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-1146.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Queponco Railway Station|date=November 1993|access-date=2016-03-01 |author=Paul B. Touart|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}} The station closed in the 1960s.{{cite web|url=http://www.octhebeach.com/museum/Queponco.html|title=Museums of Worcester County - Queponco Railway Station|website=www.octhebeach.com}}
Queponco was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 as the Queponco railway station.
Museum
The Queponco railway station preserves railroad heritage in the area and exhibits vintage railroad memorabilia and equipment.{{cite web|url=http://worcestermuseums.org/queponco-railway-station.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928051223/http://worcestermuseums.org/queponco-railway-station.php|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 28, 2011|title=Queponco Railway Station Worcester County Maryland Museums|website=worcestermuseums.org}}
References
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External links
- {{MHT url|id=1148|title=Queponco Railway Station, Worcester County}}, including photo from 1993, at Maryland Historical Trust
- [http://www.octhebeach.com/museum/Queponco.html Queponco Railway Station] (Ocean City Vacation and Hotels Guide website)
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Category:Railroad museums in Maryland
Category:Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1910
Category:Museums in Worcester County, Maryland
Category:Former Pennsylvania Railroad stations
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Maryland
Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Worcester County, Maryland
Category:1910 establishments in Maryland
Category:Former railway stations in Maryland
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