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Wagon Wheel Gap Railroad Station
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The station in late 2014.
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LocationSoutheast of Creede at Wagon Wheel Gap off State Highway 149
Nearest city Creede, Colorado
Coordinates 37°45′54″N106°49′32″W / 37.76500°N 106.82556°W / 37.76500; -106.82556
Arealess than one acre
Built1883
NRHP reference No. 76000563 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 27, 1976

The Wagon Wheel Gap Railroad Station, in Creede, Colorado, was built in 1883. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1] It was a station on a narrow-gauge railroad line that opened in July, 1883. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. James E. Hartmann (January 7, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wagon Wheel Gap Railroad Station". National Park Service. and accompanying photo from 1975