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Mile 37.17 on the [[:Category:Subdivision Halifax|Halifax Subdivision]] | Mile 37.17 on the [[:Category:Subdivision Halifax|Halifax Subdivision]] | ||
| − | Located just east of [[Hantsport]], the bridge crossed the Halfway River (so named because it marked the | + | Located just east of [[Hantsport]], the bridge crossed the Halfway River (so named because in early times it marked the halfway point between [[Grand Pre]] and [[Windsor]])<ref>[https://novascotia.ca/archives/places/page.asp?ID=278 C. Bruce Fergusson, "Hantsport"], ''Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia'' Nova Scotia Archives (1967), p. 2788.</ref> |
| − | Initially built as a trestle, the bridge in its final form consisted of a 40 foot long pile trestle over a spillway and an embankment at the Halfway River aboiteau with three 60 inch corrugated metal pipes.<ref>[[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|''Memorandum of General Information on the Dominion Atlantic Railway'', Feb. 17, 1969,]] page 4, Dominion Atlantic Railway, Library and Archives Canada HE2810 D7 D7 fol</ref> | + | Initially built as a trestle, the bridge in its final form consisted of a 40-foot-long pile trestle over a spillway and an embankment at the Halfway River aboiteau with three 60-inch corrugated metal pipes.<ref>[[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|''Memorandum of General Information on the Dominion Atlantic Railway'', Feb. 17, 1969,]] page 4, Dominion Atlantic Railway, Library and Archives Canada HE2810 D7 D7 fol</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:58, 15 September 2018
Halfway River Bridge
Mile 37.17 on the Halifax Subdivision
Located just east of Hantsport, the bridge crossed the Halfway River (so named because in early times it marked the halfway point between Grand Pre and Windsor)[1]
Initially built as a trestle, the bridge in its final form consisted of a 40-foot-long pile trestle over a spillway and an embankment at the Halfway River aboiteau with three 60-inch corrugated metal pipes.[2]
Gallery
References
- ↑ C. Bruce Fergusson, "Hantsport", Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Archives (1967), p. 2788.
- ↑ Memorandum of General Information on the Dominion Atlantic Railway, Feb. 17, 1969, page 4, Dominion Atlantic Railway, Library and Archives Canada HE2810 D7 D7 fol
