Jerry Summers: Stevenson Railroad Depot Musuem Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - by Jerry Summers
Jerry Summers
Stevenson, Alabama, like its nearby neighbor Bridgeport, Alabama, are two small villages that have interesting railroad pasts.
Both were important venues before, during and after the Civil War. Unfortunately, they both remain sparsely populated today. (However, the towns may like it that way!)
The original Stevenson train depot was built in 1852 and it was destroyed around the Civil War period.
During its existence it had a common use by the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad and by the Memphis and Charleston Railroad with separate tracks for the trains on each side of the depot.