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Mile 52.2 from [[Windsor Junction]] on the [[:Category:Subdivision Halifax|Halifax Subdivision]].  (Mile 70.7 from [[Halifax]]) at [[New Minas]]
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Mile 51.5 from [[Windsor Junction]] on the [[:Category:Subdivision Halifax|Halifax Subdivision]].  (Mile 67.9 from [[Halifax]]) at [[New Minas]]
  
A new ballast pit in New Minas opened not far away at Mile 52.2 in the 1960s.<ref>DAR Employee Timetable 1963</ref> The Joseph Fritz scrap metal business was located just above the ballast pit and used the pit to scrap railway equipment in the 1960s, including [[DAR000003|Crane No. 3,]] the old Kentville yard crane.<ref>Interview by Dan Conlin with Arthur Lockwood, son of Albert Lockwood, June 30, 2012</ref>
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The New Minas ballast pit opened at Mile 51.5<ref>[[19620429-DARETT|Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table - April 29, 1962, p.4]]</ref> in 1958. The Joseph Fritz scrap metal business was located just above the ballast pit and used the pit to scrap railway equipment in the 1960s, including [[DAR000003|Crane No. 3,]] the old Kentville yard crane.<ref>Interview by Dan Conlin with Arthur Lockwood, son of Albert Lockwood, June 30, 2012</ref>
  
 
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New Minas Ballast Pit

Mile 51.5 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision. (Mile 67.9 from Halifax) at New Minas

The New Minas ballast pit opened at Mile 51.5[1] in 1958. The Joseph Fritz scrap metal business was located just above the ballast pit and used the pit to scrap railway equipment in the 1960s, including Crane No. 3, the old Kentville yard crane.[2]

Gallery

References

  1. Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table - April 29, 1962, p.4
  2. Interview by Dan Conlin with Arthur Lockwood, son of Albert Lockwood, June 30, 2012