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Mile 44.47 on the [[:Category:Subdivision Kentville|Kentville Subdivision]], just east of the [[Bridgetown Station]] | Mile 44.47 on the [[:Category:Subdivision Kentville|Kentville Subdivision]], just east of the [[Bridgetown Station]] | ||
| − | The first railway crossing at [[Bridgetown]] over the Annapolis River was completed in 1869 and was described by W. W. Clarke as a covered railway bridge.<ref>[[W.W. Clarke]], [[Clarke's History of the Earliest Railways in Nova Scotia]], page 38.</ref> The bridge | + | The first railway crossing at [[Bridgetown]] over the Annapolis River was completed in 1869 and was described by W. W. Clarke as a covered railway bridge.<ref>[[W.W. Clarke]], [[Clarke's History of the Earliest Railways in Nova Scotia]], page 38.</ref> The final bridge was a 155-foor long steel through truss bridge.<ref>[[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|DAR Memorandum of General Information, page 13]]</ref> |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
Revision as of 17:06, 22 September 2018
Bridgetown Bridge
Mile 44.47 on the Kentville Subdivision, just east of the Bridgetown Station
The first railway crossing at Bridgetown over the Annapolis River was completed in 1869 and was described by W. W. Clarke as a covered railway bridge.[1] The final bridge was a 155-foor long steel through truss bridge.[2]
Gallery
No. 18 at the bridge, Bridgetown.
The Bridgetown Bridge just east of the station and facing east on August 30, 2011.
A close look at the Bridgetown Bridge on August 30, 2011.
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