The Inverness Miners Museum is located in the old C.N. building which was built in order to accommodate the large influx of travellers and cargo. The front of the building is characteristic of the stations built in this era and boast a large and predominant overhang which is both functional and pleasing to the eye. The large windows dominate the structure and the telegraph apparatus was housed behind the large bay window which is in the second room. The waiting room consisted of two large oak benches and heat was provided by a belching coal furnace in the basement.

The station was painted grey with green trim. The stations along the line, with the exception of Mabou and Port Hood were built from the same plan and of the same dimensions. The tall pole behind the station held an arc lamp. It can just be seen out on the long bracket to the left of the pole. It required a great deal of attention replacing and adjusting the carbons. Another one was at the front ot the roundhouse, and there were several around the surface buildings at the mine. These were the early outside street lights.

The station is reflective for the era in which it was built. The town was striving to become a commercial center and to further these ends the trains and station played an important part. Many passengers embarked and disembarked for leisure, shopping, jobs, and war. Many were welcomed through the portals of this fine building which played such an important role in the lives of the County. It was meant to be a functional and business oriented edifice but it also became a social and entrenched part of the people whose lives it served. The structure is still maintained and evokes a time when the community saw better days and when coal was king of the region. The history is housed within and without its walls.

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