Dominion Atlantic Railway Digital Preservation Initiative - Wiki
Use of this site is subject to our Terms & Conditions.
Difference between revisions of "Canning Wye and Spur"
Dan conlin (talk | contribs) (→Gallery: image) |
Dan conlin (talk | contribs) (updated footnotes) |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
Wye and 3,300 foot long spur in [[Canning]] leading to the Canning Wharf | Wye and 3,300 foot long spur in [[Canning]] leading to the Canning Wharf | ||
| + | |||
| + | This trackwork was designed in 1911. Construction was slowed by the construction of the North Mountain Line to [[Weston]] and the First World War. The wye and spur were completed in 1915.<ref>17 Sept. 1915, Letter about completion, F.L. Wanklyn, CPR, Library Archives and Canada RG43 A-1-2 Vol. 278, File 3157.</ref> The Cannign wharf was seeing little traffic by this period and a letter in 1916 indicated that not a single vessel had called at the whar in that year.<ref>15 March 1916, letter about line not in service, Library Archives and Canada RG43 A-1-2 Vol. 278, File 3157.</ref> The spur along the riverbank required a 1000 trestle to reach the wharf which provided difficult to stabilize and was subsequently abandoned. However, oral history in Canning indicates that the stub of the spur was used for the private railway car of Frederick William Borden, federal defence minister in the First World War.<ref>Personal Communication, Community Historian [[Leon Barron]], June 1993</ref> | ||
*South leg: approx Mile 9.8 | *South leg: approx Mile 9.8 | ||
*North leg: approx Mile 10.4, a third of a mile from the [[Canning Station]] | *North leg: approx Mile 10.4, a third of a mile from the [[Canning Station]] | ||
| − | *Active circa | + | *Active circa 1914-1920 |
*Included a 1000 foot trestle along the north side of the Habitant Rivert connecting to the Canning Wharf | *Included a 1000 foot trestle along the north side of the Habitant Rivert connecting to the Canning Wharf | ||
*Wharf spur saw little use so the trestle was abandoned and salvaged by the Blenkhorn Axe Factory | *Wharf spur saw little use so the trestle was abandoned and salvaged by the Blenkhorn Axe Factory | ||
| − | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
| Line 20: | Line 21: | ||
==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
| + | <references/> | ||
| + | |||
Dan Conlin Field notes CVR Trip, April 20, 2008 | Dan Conlin Field notes CVR Trip, April 20, 2008 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
[[Category:Subdivision Kingsport|09.80]] | [[Category:Subdivision Kingsport|09.80]] | ||
Revision as of 10:53, 28 March 2021
Canning Wye and Spur
- Subdivision Kingsport, Mile 9.8
Wye and 3,300 foot long spur in Canning leading to the Canning Wharf
This trackwork was designed in 1911. Construction was slowed by the construction of the North Mountain Line to Weston and the First World War. The wye and spur were completed in 1915.[1] The Cannign wharf was seeing little traffic by this period and a letter in 1916 indicated that not a single vessel had called at the whar in that year.[2] The spur along the riverbank required a 1000 trestle to reach the wharf which provided difficult to stabilize and was subsequently abandoned. However, oral history in Canning indicates that the stub of the spur was used for the private railway car of Frederick William Borden, federal defence minister in the First World War.[3]
- South leg: approx Mile 9.8
- North leg: approx Mile 10.4, a third of a mile from the Canning Station
- Active circa 1914-1920
- Included a 1000 foot trestle along the north side of the Habitant Rivert connecting to the Canning Wharf
- Wharf spur saw little use so the trestle was abandoned and salvaged by the Blenkhorn Axe Factory
Gallery
Map of Canning Wye and Spur as designed April 28, 1911.
Postcard of Canning with the trestle of the Canning Wye and Spur postmarked Sept. 12, 1911.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ 17 Sept. 1915, Letter about completion, F.L. Wanklyn, CPR, Library Archives and Canada RG43 A-1-2 Vol. 278, File 3157.
- ↑ 15 March 1916, letter about line not in service, Library Archives and Canada RG43 A-1-2 Vol. 278, File 3157.
- ↑ Personal Communication, Community Historian Leon Barron, June 1993
Dan Conlin Field notes CVR Trip, April 20, 2008
