Goods warehouse

1. 9 August 1886

   A big station: Myloi meant to be the port of the Peloponnese

   A reporter wrote that Myloi station was built 'very spacious, with matching warehouses', because this harbour was to become the port of the whole Peloponnese. The station stood right opposite a 'very high ancient…

   ProvenRailwayHarbour and pier

2. 28 August 1900

   Smuggled cigarette paper found in the station's goods shed

   Police officers from Argos seized smuggled cigarette paper in the railway goods shed of the station 'Myloi of Argos'. Cigarette paper was a state monopoly product, and the railway was an easy way to move it.

   ProvenIndustry and tradeRailway

3. 13 July 1941

   Aerial photo: a goods train of about 25 wagons on the pier siding

   The photographs of 13 July 1941 show the station yard in use under the occupation: the two-hall locomotive shed, a turntable, two round water tanks, the station buildings and the goods shed with wagons. A goods train of…

   ProbableWar and occupationRailwayHarbour and pier

Pictures

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  Myloi station, the village, the level crossing and the curved siding to the pier with a long goods train, 13 July 1941. Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Sonderluftbildabteilung); DAI Athens Archive

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  A goods train of about 25 wagons on the curved siding from the main line to the pier, 13 July 1941. Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Sonderluftbildabteilung); DAI Athens Archive

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  Full-resolution detail of the 1941 aerial photo: two round water reservoirs between the tracks, a turntable in front of the locomotive shed, a small building with wagons and a long boundary wall. Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Sonderluftbildabteilung); DAI Athens Archive