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=Wilmot, Nova Scotia=
 
=Wilmot, Nova Scotia=
 
[[:Category:Subdivision Kentville|Subdivision Kentville]], Mile 27.1
 
[[:Category:Subdivision Kentville|Subdivision Kentville]], Mile 27.1
 
*Next Station East: [[Kingston]]
 
*Next Station East: [[Kingston]]
 
*Next Station West: [[Middleton]]
 
*Next Station West: [[Middleton]]
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*Start of [[Torbrook Mines]] Spur
  
 
==Facilities & Features==
 
==Facilities & Features==
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*[[England's Furniture]]
 
*[[England's Furniture]]
 
*Frenchies
 
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*Torbrook Mines Spur
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==Description & History==
 
==Description & History==
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Wilmot was the junction for a three mile spur to Torbook Mines which crossed the Annapolis River and ran south to the iron mines in Torbrook. The spur was completed in the fall of 1891 by the Torbrook Iron Company to serve three of the iron pits at Torbrook. The ore was shipped on the DAR to ironworks at Londonderry in Colchester County.<ref>[https://books.google.ca/books?id=SjQ5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&dq=Torbrook+Mines+Railway+Nova+Scotia&source=bl&ots=GUV4YKu-X_&sig=FZvYKRT30uwF-VoDIpVLHmVg5YY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj05NnLiefKAhVH1B4KHSVdAK8Q6AEILTAD#v=onepage&q=Torbrook%20Mines%20Railway%20Nova%20Scotia&f=false R.G.E. Leckie, "Iron Ore Deposits of Torbrook", ''Journal of the Mining Society of Nova Scotia'', Vol. I, 1892-1893 p.56-57]</ref> The spur included a loading siding and wye at Torbrook Mines to turn ore trains.<ref>[http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geott/ess_pubs/107/107873/gscmcm_897_e_1905_mn01.pdf "Nictaux and Torbrook Iron District" map 1905 showing the DAR wye and siding at Torbrook Mines]</ref> Later in 1905, two additional mines opened in Torbrook by the Canadian Iron Company but they shipped their ore via Nictaux on the Halifax South Western to steamships at Port Wade using a 3 & 1/2 mile spur built in 1910 which provided easier grades than the Wilmot spur.<ref>[https://ia801608.us.archive.org/32/items/cihm_82335/cihm_82335.pdf Howells Frechette, ''Western Portion of Torbrook Iron Ore Deposits, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia'' Canada: Department of Mines Bulletin No. 7, Ottawa (1912), p. 11]</ref> The volume and quality of of ore from the mine did not meet expectations however and the mines closed about 1913.<ref>Ian Lawrence, ''Historic Annapolis Royal'', Halifax: Nimbus Press (2002) p. 116</ref>
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This village near Middleton was at first served by a 150 foot x 7 foot platform and a 200 foot blind siding built by the [[Windsor & Annapolis Railway]] in 1869.<ref>Alexander MacNab, ''[[Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab 1873|Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873]]'' p27</ref> A [[Wilmot Station|station building]] was added in 1879.<ref>[[Weekly Monitor - April 9, 1879 - New Station in Wilmot Opens]]</ref>
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Wilmot later became the junction for a three mile spur to [[Torbrook Mines]] which crossed the Annapolis River and ran south to the iron mines in Torbrook. The spur was completed in the fall of 1891 by the Torbrook Iron Company to serve three of the iron pits at Torbrook. The ore was shipped on the DAR to ironworks at Londonderry in Colchester County.<ref>[https://books.google.ca/books?id=SjQ5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&dq=Torbrook+Mines+Railway+Nova+Scotia&source=bl&ots=GUV4YKu-X_&sig=FZvYKRT30uwF-VoDIpVLHmVg5YY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj05NnLiefKAhVH1B4KHSVdAK8Q6AEILTAD#v=onepage&q=Torbrook%20Mines%20Railway%20Nova%20Scotia&f=false R.G.E. Leckie, "Iron Ore Deposits of Torbrook", ''Journal of the Mining Society of Nova Scotia'', Vol. I, 1892-1893 p.56-57]</ref> Ore shipments from the spur were however short-lived and ceased about 1907.  
  
 
Wilmot was the scene of one of the worst wrecks on the DAR. On January 14, 1894, a [[Windsor & Annapolis Railway]] snowplow extra derailed one mile east of [[Wilmot Station]]. The locomotive fell through the bridge at Gibbon's Brook killing both the engineer and fireman.<ref>[[Halifax-Herald - 1894-01-15 - WAR Crash On Bridge|Special Dispatch to the Halifax Herald. "Crashed Though A Bridge Fatal Accident on The W.& A. Railway" ''The Halifax Herald'' 1894 January 15]]</ref>
 
Wilmot was the scene of one of the worst wrecks on the DAR. On January 14, 1894, a [[Windsor & Annapolis Railway]] snowplow extra derailed one mile east of [[Wilmot Station]]. The locomotive fell through the bridge at Gibbon's Brook killing both the engineer and fireman.<ref>[[Halifax-Herald - 1894-01-15 - WAR Crash On Bridge|Special Dispatch to the Halifax Herald. "Crashed Though A Bridge Fatal Accident on The W.& A. Railway" ''The Halifax Herald'' 1894 January 15]]</ref>
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==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
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File:STR03970a.001.aa.cs.jpg|Fatal snowplow wreck at [[Wilmot]], Jan. 15, 1895 with the wreckage of [[Windsor and Annapolis Railway|W&AR]] locomotive No. 7 and wedge snowplow.
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Image:DAR0017a.jpg|[[DAR0017|No. 17]] at the [[Wilmot Station]] in [[Wilmot]] circa 1900.
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File:STR03970a.001.aa.cs.jpg|Fatal snowplow wreck at [[Wilmot]], Jan. 15, 1894 with the wreckage of [[Windsor and Annapolis Railway|W&AR]] locomotive No. 7 and wedge snowplow.
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File:Wilmot-1894-Wreck.jpeg|A similar photograph of 1894.
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File:CSTM-STR04053a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR0552|DAR Locomotive 552]] at [[Wilmot]], date unknown.
 
Image:Oregon northwestern boxcar. wilmot.jpg|Oregon Northwestern boxcar for England's Furniture in [[Wilmot]].
 
Image:Oregon northwestern boxcar. wilmot.jpg|Oregon Northwestern boxcar for England's Furniture in [[Wilmot]].
 
Image:DAR Wilmot-Kingston.jpg|Wilmot to Kingston
 
Image:DAR Wilmot-Kingston.jpg|Wilmot to Kingston
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Image:Torbrookspurmap.jpg|Annotated map detail showing the HSW and DAR [[Torbrook Mines]] Spurs, 1960.
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File:DAR - Wilmot Station Sign Only - Harold Jenkins Photo - 22July1962.JPG|[[Wilmot Station]], July 22, 1962.
 
</Gallery>
 
</Gallery>
  

Latest revision as of 07:26, 30 July 2025

Wilmot, Nova Scotia

Subdivision Kentville, Mile 27.1

Facilities & Features

Commerce & Industry


Description & History

This village near Middleton was at first served by a 150 foot x 7 foot platform and a 200 foot blind siding built by the Windsor & Annapolis Railway in 1869.[1] A station building was added in 1879.[2] Wilmot later became the junction for a three mile spur to Torbrook Mines which crossed the Annapolis River and ran south to the iron mines in Torbrook. The spur was completed in the fall of 1891 by the Torbrook Iron Company to serve three of the iron pits at Torbrook. The ore was shipped on the DAR to ironworks at Londonderry in Colchester County.[3] Ore shipments from the spur were however short-lived and ceased about 1907.

Wilmot was the scene of one of the worst wrecks on the DAR. On January 14, 1894, a Windsor & Annapolis Railway snowplow extra derailed one mile east of Wilmot Station. The locomotive fell through the bridge at Gibbon's Brook killing both the engineer and fireman.[4]

Operations & Orders

Gallery

References & Footnotes

References

  1. ↑ Alexander MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873 p27
  2. ↑ Weekly Monitor - April 9, 1879 - New Station in Wilmot Opens
  3. ↑ R.G.E. Leckie, "Iron Ore Deposits of Torbrook", Journal of the Mining Society of Nova Scotia, Vol. I, 1892-1893 p.56-57
  4. ↑ Special Dispatch to the Halifax Herald. "Crashed Though A Bridge Fatal Accident on The W.& A. Railway" The Halifax Herald 1894 January 15


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