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__NOTOC____NOTITLE__[[File:KentvilleStationTaylor.jpg|thumb|550px|right|The Kentville Station at its height with all additions in 1942. Courtesy Jim Taylor]] | __NOTOC____NOTITLE__[[File:KentvilleStationTaylor.jpg|thumb|550px|right|The Kentville Station at its height with all additions in 1942. Courtesy Jim Taylor]] | ||
=[[Kentville]] Station= | =[[Kentville]] Station= | ||
| − | + | In its first year of operation, the Windsor and Annapolis Railway used the [[Kentville Freight Shed]] as a temporary station until the station for [[Kentville]] was completed in September 1870.<ref>[[Daily British Colonist - 25 August 1870 - Windsor and Annapolis Railway Celebrates First Year of Operation|"Windsor and Annapolis Railway Celebrates First Year of Operation", ''Daily British Colonist'', 25 August 1870]]</ref> The station served as divisional and corporate headquarters for the DAR as well as serving Kentville's passenger, baggage and telegraph traffic. A lunch room also operated in the west end of the station for most of its history. A 30 foot baggage room was added to the east in 1889.<ref>Construction date of 1889 addition given in transcript of the Department of Railways and Canals, Engineer's Report, 1889, compiled by [[J. B. King]], Scotia Railway Society Collection, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, RG28 Series S Vol. 4 File 15</ref> A major addition, designed in 1902 and completed by 1904, added a central tower, all-round platform awnings and a 40 foot extension to the west. Another 40 foot extension with six dormers was added to the west in 1920. The station was initially a straw yellow colour with dark red trim. It was given a dark red and black trim paint scheme in World War Two. The platform awnings were gradually cut back over the years and many offices became vacant as Canadian Pacific centralized operations. In 1970, the dispatcher's office was closed as the CP office in Saint John took over dispatching duties.<ref>Bob Mohowski, "Dominion Atlantic Railway", ''Railpace Newsmagazine'', March 1984, p. 33</ref> VIA Rail moved its passenger service out of the old station in May 1988.<ref>[[:Category:Advertiser|''Kentville Advertiser'']], July 19, 1988, article located by by Conrad Davison</ref> VIA's new station was a brick structure with a tower that echoed the tower of the old wooden DAR station. It was built at a cost of $240,000. The new station opened for passengers in late May and was officially opened in June.<ref>[[:Category:Advertiser|''Kentville Advertiser'']], "Kentville's New Train Station", June 3, 1988, article located by Conrad Davison</ref> The new station served only a year and a half until passenger service was canceled. The DAR's wooden station was demolished in 1990. The VIA brick station was purchased by the Town of Kentville. It first served as a bus station but since May 2018 has been leased to the Kentville Historical Society as a heritage centre which includes a room dedicated to the history of the DAR inn Kentville.<ref>[https://kentville.ca/node/240 "Kentville Historical Society", ''Town of Kentville'']</ref> | |
| − | ==Windsor & Annapolis Railway Wood Station | + | Article: [[Where is Station 178%3F]] by [[Louis Comeau]] |
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| + | ==Windsor & Annapolis Railway Wood Station 1870 - 1889== | ||
| + | The station was described as "nearly completed" in August 1870 for a cost of $4,000. The building was 74' x 34' with a stone and brick basement containing three fire-proof vaults; two kitchen rooms for the refreshment department and two store rooms. The first floor had five rooms and a hall. The east end had a general waiting room and ticket and telegraph offices. The west end had a dining hall and pantry. The second floor had nine rooms and hall for the general offices. The third floor had three rooms and hall, one of which was rented to the Masonic Hall.<ref>[[Daily British Colonist - 25 August 1870 - Windsor and Annapolis Railway Celebrates First Year of Operation|"Windsor and Annapolis Railway Celebrates First Year of Operation", ''Daily British Colonist'', 25 August 1870]]</ref> More detailed dimensions noted in 1874 were 74' x 32' in size with a 350' platform, 12' wide. On the freight station side the platform measured 260' x 12'.<ref>Alexander MacNab, ''[[Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab 1873|Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873, page 22]]''</ref> | ||
Station painted straw yellow with dark red and white trim. | Station painted straw yellow with dark red and white trim. | ||
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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Wood Station 1889 - 1904== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Wood Station 1889 - 1904== | ||
| − | Original station with a 30 foot baggage room added to the east in the 1889<ref>Construction date of 1889 addition given in transcript of the Department of Railways and Canals, Engineer's Report, 1889, compiled by [[J. B. King]], Scotia Railway Society Collection, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, RG28 Series S Vol. 4 File 15</ref>. | + | Original station with a 30 foot baggage room added to the east in the 1889<ref>Construction date of 1889 addition given in transcript of the Department of Railways and Canals, Engineer's Report, 1889, compiled by [[J. B. King]], Scotia Railway Society Collection, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, RG28 Series S Vol. 4 File 15</ref>. The [[Cornwallis Valley Railway]] built a small station next door when the CVR began operations in 1890 and in September 1898, a branch track from the CVR was built beside the north platform of the main station, allowing passengers and baggage to be directly transferred to and from trains on the mainline at the station to the CVR branchline trains parked on the station's north platform.<ref>''Digby Courier'', Sept. 23, 1898, transcribed on page 17 of "Dominion Atlantic Railway III, Digby Courier Notes 1890-1904", Carl Riff"</ref> |
Station painted straw yellow with dark red and white trim. | Station painted straw yellow with dark red and white trim. | ||
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Image:KentvilleStationa.jpg|Kentville Station circa 1890 | Image:KentvilleStationa.jpg|Kentville Station circa 1890 | ||
File:200803032.jpg|[[Kentville]], circa 1896, with [[Kentville Railyard]], [[Kentville Car Shop]], [[Kentville Station]] and the [[Cornwallis Hotel|Aberdeen Hotel]]. | File:200803032.jpg|[[Kentville]], circa 1896, with [[Kentville Railyard]], [[Kentville Car Shop]], [[Kentville Station]] and the [[Cornwallis Hotel|Aberdeen Hotel]]. | ||
| − | Image:KentvilleStationb.jpg|Kentville Station circa 1900 | + | Image:KentvilleStationb.jpg|Kentville Station circa 1900. Note the small [[Kentville CVR Station]] to the right of the main station. |
File:200803033.jpg|Church Street, Kentville, circa 1900, with [[Kentville Station]] platforms to right and the [[P. R. Ritcey|T. L. Dodge hardware store]] to left. | File:200803033.jpg|Church Street, Kentville, circa 1900, with [[Kentville Station]] platforms to right and the [[P. R. Ritcey|T. L. Dodge hardware store]] to left. | ||
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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Wood Station 1904 - 1919== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Wood Station 1904 - 1919== | ||
| − | A major reconstruction of the station was designed by the Halifax architect Herbert Gates in 1902. The major enlargement of the station was paid in part by a $ | + | A major reconstruction of the station was designed by the Halifax architect Herbert Gates in 1902. The major enlargement of the station was paid in part by a $6,000 subsidy from the Town of Kentville awarded in February 1904.<ref>[[The Railway and Shipping World - 1904-02 - Kentville Station Debenture, November Earnings|''The Railway and Shipping World'' Feb. 1904-02, "Kentville Station Debenture, November Earnings"]]</ref> The work was completed by 1904 and dramatically enlarged and changed the appearance of the station, adding a central tower, all-round platform awnings and a 40 foot extension to the west for a lunch room and additional offices. The new dimensions of the station were 32' 4" wide, 36' high to the roof peak (42' high to the top of the tower) and 145' long.<ref>Herbert Gates architectural plans for Kentville Station, 1902, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management</ref> |
===1902 Hebert Gates plans for the Kentville Station=== | ===1902 Hebert Gates plans for the Kentville Station=== | ||
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File:200716239 NSA.jpg|[[Kentville Station]] with the [[Kentville Freight Shed]] and the [[Kentville Car Shop]] in distance, circa 1910. | File:200716239 NSA.jpg|[[Kentville Station]] with the [[Kentville Freight Shed]] and the [[Kentville Car Shop]] in distance, circa 1910. | ||
File:A020744.jpg|Kentville Station platform, about 1905 with [[P. R. Ritcey|T. L. Dodge hardware store]] | File:A020744.jpg|Kentville Station platform, about 1905 with [[P. R. Ritcey|T. L. Dodge hardware store]] | ||
| − | File: | + | File:Royal Visit Unidentified 3.jpg|[[Kentville Station]], Royal Visit, August 1912. |
| − | File:KentvilleStationc.jpg|Kentville Station | + | File:Kalkman33.jpg|[[Porter, Gladys|Gladys Porter]], centre, and DAR office staff in the [[Kentville Station]], October 1914. |
| + | File:Dec1915.jpg|DAR [[DAR0032|locomotive No. 32]] at the [[Kentville Station]] with the [[Kentville Freight Shed]], December 1915 | ||
| + | File:KentvilleStationc.jpg|Troops from [[Aldershot]] at the [[Kentville Station]] with the [[Kentville Freight Shed]], awaiting arrival of a special recruiting train, March 11, 1916. | ||
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File:Kentville Fire Map 1921 Sheet 4.jpg|Detail of Kentville [[:Category:Fire Insurance Maps|Fire Insurance Map]] showing the [[Kentville Station]], [[Kentville Repair Shop]], [[Kentville Ice House]], railway tennis courts and the "Back Road" spur, Aug. 1921. | File:Kentville Fire Map 1921 Sheet 4.jpg|Detail of Kentville [[:Category:Fire Insurance Maps|Fire Insurance Map]] showing the [[Kentville Station]], [[Kentville Repair Shop]], [[Kentville Ice House]], railway tennis courts and the "Back Road" spur, Aug. 1921. | ||
| − | File: | + | File:Comeaustat2.jpg|thumb|700px|left|[[Kentville Station]], 1920s. |
| + | File:Ritcey1910.jpg|[[P. R. Ritcey]] warehouses looking west to the Kentville Station, circa 1920s. | ||
| + | File:Kalkman44.jpg|Panoramic view of [[Kentville]] with the [[Kentville Railyard]], the [[Kentville Repair Shop|Freight Shed]], the [[British Canadian Fruit Association Kentville warehouse|BCFA apple warehouse]], the [[Niagara Dust Company]], the [[Kentville Freight Shed|Freight Shed]] and the [[Kentville Station]], 1922. | ||
| + | File:Kalkman016A.jpg|[[DARHALIGONIAN|Dominion Atlantic Parlour car "Haligonian"]] and Canadian National Buffet Parlour Car 824 beside the [[Kentville Station]] and garden, between 1920 and 1926. | ||
Image:DAR No 503 - CPR No 8850.jpg|[[DAR0503|No 503]] leading the [[Flying Bluenose]], [[Train No. 123]] at the [[Kentville Station]] with a [[:Category:Refrigerator Cars|CPR refrigerator car]] in background, circa 1920s. | Image:DAR No 503 - CPR No 8850.jpg|[[DAR0503|No 503]] leading the [[Flying Bluenose]], [[Train No. 123]] at the [[Kentville Station]] with a [[:Category:Refrigerator Cars|CPR refrigerator car]] in background, circa 1920s. | ||
Image:DAR No 502 at Kentville Station - CPR No 9929.jpg|[[DAR0502|No. 502]] leading the [[New Yorker]], [[Train No. 25]], on its first day of operation at the [[Kentville Station]], June 22, 1928. | Image:DAR No 502 at Kentville Station - CPR No 9929.jpg|[[DAR0502|No. 502]] leading the [[New Yorker]], [[Train No. 25]], on its first day of operation at the [[Kentville Station]], June 22, 1928. | ||
| + | File:Kalkman43.jpg|DAR office staff at the [[Kentville Station]], north platform, 1935. | ||
| + | File:CSTM-STR04004a 001 aa cs.jpg|Busy moment at the [[Kentville Station]] with locomotives [[DAR0504|No. 504]] and [[DAR0032|No. 32]], circa 1936. Note the partially repainted station. | ||
| + | File:Kalkman079.jpg|[[DAR0044|Locomotive No. 44]] at the [[Kentville Station]], Feb. 2, 1936. | ||
| + | File:Kalkman20.jpg|[[DAR2552|Locomotive No. 2552]] at the [[Kentville Station]], newly arrived Nov. 1936. | ||
File:DAR - 2552.png|Locomotive [[DAR2552|No. 2552]] with [[Train No. 98]] at the [[Kentville Station]] on Sept. 10, 1937. | File:DAR - 2552.png|Locomotive [[DAR2552|No. 2552]] with [[Train No. 98]] at the [[Kentville Station]] on Sept. 10, 1937. | ||
| − | File:Scan0004.png|Kentville Station, | + | File:Scan0004.png|Kentville Station, Sept. 13, 1937 with [[Train No. 95]]- |
| − | File:KentvilleStationTaylor.jpg|Kentville Station 1942 still painted yellow although the coloured bands of shingles on the tower are gone. | + | File:CSTM-STR08349a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR0026|No. 26]] "Kent" at the [[Kentville Station]], circa 1938. |
| + | File:CSTM-STR04005a 001 aa cs.jpg|Locomotive [[DAR0032|No. 32]] at the [[Kentville Station]], circa 1938. | ||
| + | File:KentvilleStationTaylor.jpg|Kentville Station circa 1942 still painted yellow although the coloured bands of shingles on the tower are gone. | ||
| + | File:KentvilleStationTaylordetail.jpg|Detail of [[Kentville Station]] showing arrivals board and telegram signage, circa 1942. | ||
Image:Kentville Station - CPR No 6799.jpg|[[Kentville Station]], circa 1942 with [[P. R. Ritcey]] store in right background. | Image:Kentville Station - CPR No 6799.jpg|[[Kentville Station]], circa 1942 with [[P. R. Ritcey]] store in right background. | ||
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File:CSTM-MAT000554.jpg|[[DAR2511|No. 2511]] at the [[Kentville Station]], circa 1940s. | File:CSTM-MAT000554.jpg|[[DAR2511|No. 2511]] at the [[Kentville Station]], circa 1940s. | ||
| − | File: | + | File:Cudmore Kentville Station.jpg|Hand tinted postcard of the [[Kentville Station]] in the mid 1940s. |
| − | File: | + | DAR - Kentville Station East End-Harold Jenkins Photo-15June1946.jpg|[[Kentville Station]], photographed by [[:Category:Harold Jenkins Photo|Harold Jenkins]], June 15, 1946. |
| + | File:Kingsport Bus.jpg|Starr Williams, driver, at [[Kentville Station]] with the short-lived [[Kingsport]] bus, circa April, 1947. | ||
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| − | Station painted dark red with black trim and | + | Station painted dark red with black trim and pale yellow windows. |
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Image:DAR2500a.jpg|[[DAR2500|No. 2500]] at [[Kentville Station]] circa 1950. | Image:DAR2500a.jpg|[[DAR2500|No. 2500]] at [[Kentville Station]] circa 1950. | ||
File:CSTM-STR33147a 001 aa cs.jpg |The Coaches on the right would be heading along to Kingsport/Weston Sub, August 30, 1953. | File:CSTM-STR33147a 001 aa cs.jpg |The Coaches on the right would be heading along to Kingsport/Weston Sub, August 30, 1953. | ||
Image:DAR0470e.jpg|[[DAR0470|No. 470]] at the [[Kentville Station]] on July 3, 1954 leading [[Train No. 13]] for [[Kingsport]]. | Image:DAR0470e.jpg|[[DAR0470|No. 470]] at the [[Kentville Station]] on July 3, 1954 leading [[Train No. 13]] for [[Kingsport]]. | ||
Image:470 at Kentville, NS with Kingsport mixed.jpg|No. 470 at Kentville with Kingsport Mixed, July 3, 1954. | Image:470 at Kentville, NS with Kingsport mixed.jpg|No. 470 at Kentville with Kingsport Mixed, July 3, 1954. | ||
| + | File:Kalkman65.jpg|Retirement day for DAR employees at the [[Kentville Station]] showing left to right Harry William, conductor; Ray Christie, master mechanic; Cecil Guild, train man; William Cox, machinist, June 1 1956. | ||
Image:DAR 2617 at Kentville Station - CPR No 25353.jpg|[[DAR2617|No. 2617]] at [[Kentville Station]] August 10, 1956. | Image:DAR 2617 at Kentville Station - CPR No 25353.jpg|[[DAR2617|No. 2617]] at [[Kentville Station]] August 10, 1956. | ||
| + | File:Comeaustat3.jpg|thumb|1000px|left|[[Kentville Station]], with [[DAR2551|locomotive No. 2551]] hauling passenger train with [[:Category:RDC|RDC]] in consist, 1956-1958. | ||
File:DAR Timetable Board Kentville Station Harold Jenkins Photo 6March1959.JPG|[[Kentville Station]] arrival and departure board, , photographed by [[:Category:Harold Jenkins Photo|Harold Jenkins]], March 6, 1959. | File:DAR Timetable Board Kentville Station Harold Jenkins Photo 6March1959.JPG|[[Kentville Station]] arrival and departure board, , photographed by [[:Category:Harold Jenkins Photo|Harold Jenkins]], March 6, 1959. | ||
File:DAR - Kentville Station West End A-Harold Jenkins Photo-1959 or April1960.JPG|[[Kentville Station]], photographed by [[:Category:Harold Jenkins Photo|Harold Jenkins]], 1959 or April 1960. | File:DAR - Kentville Station West End A-Harold Jenkins Photo-1959 or April1960.JPG|[[Kentville Station]], photographed by [[:Category:Harold Jenkins Photo|Harold Jenkins]], 1959 or April 1960. | ||
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File:DAR - RDC 9059 - Kentville - Harold Jenkins Photo - May1964.JPG|[[DAR9059|RDC No. 9059]] at the [[Kentville Station]], with the the [[P. R. Ritcey|P. R. Ritcey store]] in background, May 1964. | File:DAR - RDC 9059 - Kentville - Harold Jenkins Photo - May1964.JPG|[[DAR9059|RDC No. 9059]] at the [[Kentville Station]], with the the [[P. R. Ritcey|P. R. Ritcey store]] in background, May 1964. | ||
File:PICT0005 CP 9059 Kentville May 5-64.JPG|Dayliner [[DAR9059|No. 9059]] at the [[Kentville Station]] on May 5, 1964. | File:PICT0005 CP 9059 Kentville May 5-64.JPG|Dayliner [[DAR9059|No. 9059]] at the [[Kentville Station]] on May 5, 1964. | ||
| + | File:Kalkman64.jpg|DAR office employees photographed by [[:Category:Harold Bailey Photo|Harold Bailey]] at the [[Kentville Station]], September 25, 1964. | ||
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File:12144-3.jpg|[[Kentville Station]], east end, summer or early fall 1973. | File:12144-3.jpg|[[Kentville Station]], east end, summer or early fall 1973. | ||
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| + | File:DAR Kentville 1975.jpg|North side of [[Kentville Station]], April 1975. Photographer unknown. | ||
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| + | File:West End April 1975.jpg|[[Kentville Station]], west end with section house and a DAR MOW motor vehicle, April 1975. | ||
File:27-097a CP 9067 at Kentville, NS 750628.jpg|[[CPR9067|No. 9067]] at [[Kentville Station]] with [[British Canadian Fruit Association Kentville warehouse|British Canadian Fruit warehouse]] in background, June 28, 1975. | File:27-097a CP 9067 at Kentville, NS 750628.jpg|[[CPR9067|No. 9067]] at [[Kentville Station]] with [[British Canadian Fruit Association Kentville warehouse|British Canadian Fruit warehouse]] in background, June 28, 1975. | ||
Latest revision as of 17:29, 23 April 2025
Kentville Station
In its first year of operation, the Windsor and Annapolis Railway used the Kentville Freight Shed as a temporary station until the station for Kentville was completed in September 1870.[1] The station served as divisional and corporate headquarters for the DAR as well as serving Kentville's passenger, baggage and telegraph traffic. A lunch room also operated in the west end of the station for most of its history. A 30 foot baggage room was added to the east in 1889.[2] A major addition, designed in 1902 and completed by 1904, added a central tower, all-round platform awnings and a 40 foot extension to the west. Another 40 foot extension with six dormers was added to the west in 1920. The station was initially a straw yellow colour with dark red trim. It was given a dark red and black trim paint scheme in World War Two. The platform awnings were gradually cut back over the years and many offices became vacant as Canadian Pacific centralized operations. In 1970, the dispatcher's office was closed as the CP office in Saint John took over dispatching duties.[3] VIA Rail moved its passenger service out of the old station in May 1988.[4] VIA's new station was a brick structure with a tower that echoed the tower of the old wooden DAR station. It was built at a cost of $240,000. The new station opened for passengers in late May and was officially opened in June.[5] The new station served only a year and a half until passenger service was canceled. The DAR's wooden station was demolished in 1990. The VIA brick station was purchased by the Town of Kentville. It first served as a bus station but since May 2018 has been leased to the Kentville Historical Society as a heritage centre which includes a room dedicated to the history of the DAR inn Kentville.[6]
Article: Where is Station 178? by Louis Comeau
Windsor & Annapolis Railway Wood Station 1870 - 1889
The station was described as "nearly completed" in August 1870 for a cost of $4,000. The building was 74' x 34' with a stone and brick basement containing three fire-proof vaults; two kitchen rooms for the refreshment department and two store rooms. The first floor had five rooms and a hall. The east end had a general waiting room and ticket and telegraph offices. The west end had a dining hall and pantry. The second floor had nine rooms and hall for the general offices. The third floor had three rooms and hall, one of which was rented to the Masonic Hall.[7] More detailed dimensions noted in 1874 were 74' x 32' in size with a 350' platform, 12' wide. On the freight station side the platform measured 260' x 12'.[8]
Station painted straw yellow with dark red and white trim.
The first recorded photo of the Kentville Station taken in August 1869, also showing the Freight Shed and Car Shop.
Kentville Station and Yard 27 July 1871.
Kentville Station, Car Shop and Rail Yard, July 27, 1871.
Evangeline & St. Croix at Kentville Station 1872.
Bird's Eve View of Kentville Nova Scotia 1879: detail showing W&AR Kentville Station and Freight Shed, 1879.
Dominion Atlantic Railway Wood Station 1889 - 1904
Original station with a 30 foot baggage room added to the east in the 1889[9]. The Cornwallis Valley Railway built a small station next door when the CVR began operations in 1890 and in September 1898, a branch track from the CVR was built beside the north platform of the main station, allowing passengers and baggage to be directly transferred to and from trains on the mainline at the station to the CVR branchline trains parked on the station's north platform.[10]
Station painted straw yellow with dark red and white trim.
Kentville Station circa 1890
Kentville, circa 1896, with Kentville Railyard, Kentville Car Shop, Kentville Station and the Aberdeen Hotel.
Kentville Station circa 1900. Note the small Kentville CVR Station to the right of the main station.
Church Street, Kentville, circa 1900, with Kentville Station platforms to right and the T. L. Dodge hardware store to left.
Dominion Atlantic Railway Wood Station 1904 - 1919
A major reconstruction of the station was designed by the Halifax architect Herbert Gates in 1902. The major enlargement of the station was paid in part by a $6,000 subsidy from the Town of Kentville awarded in February 1904.[11] The work was completed by 1904 and dramatically enlarged and changed the appearance of the station, adding a central tower, all-round platform awnings and a 40 foot extension to the west for a lunch room and additional offices. The new dimensions of the station were 32' 4" wide, 36' high to the roof peak (42' high to the top of the tower) and 145' long.[12]
1902 Hebert Gates plans for the Kentville Station
Kentville Station, Front Elevation as designed August 24, 1902.
Kentville Station, Rear Elevation as designed August 24, 1902.
Kentville Station, East elevation, derived from 1902 Gates plans by Dan Conlin.
Kentville Station, West elevation, derived from 1902 Gates plans by Dan Conlin.
Kentville Station, Platform Framing Detail, as designed August 24, 1902.
Kentville Station, Cellar Plan, as designed August 24, 1902.
Kentville Station, First Floor Plan, as designed August 24, 1902.
Kentville Station, Second Floor Plan, as designed August 24, 1902.
1904 - 1919
Station painted straw yellow with dark red and white trim
The Kentville Station and Freight Shed, photographed by A.L. Hardy, circa 1905.
Kentville Station with boxcars No. 1284 and No. 1285, after the 1904 addition.
Postcard, Kentville Station circa 1904-1906.
Postcard, Kentville Station circa 1904-1906.
Kentville Station with parlour car Haligonian or Mayflower; Freight Shed and Car Shop, after 1904 addition.
Kentville Station with the Kentville Freight Shed and the Kentville Car Shop in distance, circa 1910.
Kentville Station platform, about 1905 with T. L. Dodge hardware store
Kentville Station, Royal Visit, August 1912.
Gladys Porter, centre, and DAR office staff in the Kentville Station, October 1914.
DAR locomotive No. 32 at the Kentville Station with the Kentville Freight Shed, December 1915
Troops from Aldershot at the Kentville Station with the Kentville Freight Shed, awaiting arrival of a special recruiting train, March 11, 1916.
Dominion Atlantic Railway Wood Station 1920 - 1990
Another 40 foor extension with six dormers was added to the west in 1920, providing restaurant space to the lunch room and additional offices.[13] These 1920 additions brought the final dimensions of the station to be 185 feet long, 32' 4" wide and 36' high to the roof peak (42 ' high to the top of the tower.) The first floor operator's bay window was removed in May 1931 to provide more platform space. The platform was replaced at the same time with a tar covered wooden platform replacing the old planked platform.[14] Sometime in the 1920s, the DAR built a tall flag pole just behind the station by the DAR tennis courts, the tallest flag pole in Kings County. It was shortened over the years but remained in place until at least 1954.[15]
1920 - 1943
Station painted straw yellow with dark red and white trim.
Detail of Kentville Fire Insurance Map showing the Kentville Station, Kentville Repair Shop, Kentville Ice House, railway tennis courts and the "Back Road" spur, Aug. 1921.
Kentville Station, 1920s.
P. R. Ritcey warehouses looking west to the Kentville Station, circa 1920s.
Panoramic view of Kentville with the Kentville Railyard, the Freight Shed, the BCFA apple warehouse, the Niagara Dust Company, the Freight Shed and the Kentville Station, 1922.
Dominion Atlantic Parlour car "Haligonian" and Canadian National Buffet Parlour Car 824 beside the Kentville Station and garden, between 1920 and 1926.
No 503 leading the Flying Bluenose, Train No. 123 at the Kentville Station with a CPR refrigerator car in background, circa 1920s.
No. 502 leading the New Yorker, Train No. 25, on its first day of operation at the Kentville Station, June 22, 1928.
DAR office staff at the Kentville Station, north platform, 1935.
Busy moment at the Kentville Station with locomotives No. 504 and No. 32, circa 1936. Note the partially repainted station.
Locomotive No. 44 at the Kentville Station, Feb. 2, 1936.
Locomotive No. 2552 at the Kentville Station, newly arrived Nov. 1936.
Locomotive No. 2552 with Train No. 98 at the Kentville Station on Sept. 10, 1937.
Kentville Station, Sept. 13, 1937 with Train No. 95-
No. 26 "Kent" at the Kentville Station, circa 1938.
Locomotive No. 32 at the Kentville Station, circa 1938.
Kentville Station circa 1942 still painted yellow although the coloured bands of shingles on the tower are gone.
Detail of Kentville Station showing arrivals board and telegram signage, circa 1942.
Kentville Station, circa 1942 with P. R. Ritcey store in right background.
No. 2511 at the Kentville Station, circa 1940s.
Hand tinted postcard of the Kentville Station in the mid 1940s.
Kentville Station, photographed by Harold Jenkins, June 15, 1946.
Starr Williams, driver, at Kentville Station with the short-lived Kingsport bus, circa April, 1947.
1948 - 1967
Station painted dark red with black trim and pale yellow windows.
No. 2500 at Kentville Station circa 1950.
The Coaches on the right would be heading along to Kingsport/Weston Sub, August 30, 1953.
No. 470 at the Kentville Station on July 3, 1954 leading Train No. 13 for Kingsport.
No. 470 at Kentville with Kingsport Mixed, July 3, 1954.
Retirement day for DAR employees at the Kentville Station showing left to right Harry William, conductor; Ray Christie, master mechanic; Cecil Guild, train man; William Cox, machinist, June 1 1956.
No. 2617 at Kentville Station August 10, 1956.
Kentville Station, with locomotive No. 2551 hauling passenger train with RDC in consist, 1956-1958.
Kentville Station arrival and departure board, , photographed by Harold Jenkins, March 6, 1959.
Kentville Station, photographed by Harold Jenkins, 1959 or April 1960.
Kentville Station with P. R. Ritcey store and warehouses in background, photographed by Harold Jenkins, 1959 or April 1960.
Kentville Station with dayliner No. 9059, photographed by Harold Jenkins, Summer 1959.
An eastbound freight passes the Kentville Station in August of 1959.
No. 9059 in August 1959 at Kentville Station.
RDC No. 9059 at the Kentville Station, with the the P. R. Ritcey store in background, May 1964.
Dayliner No. 9059 at the Kentville Station on May 5, 1964.
DAR office employees photographed by Harold Bailey at the Kentville Station, September 25, 1964.
1967 - 1990
Station painted solid dark red.
D.A.R. Headquarters, Kentville Station, Kentville on July 20, 1967.
D.A.R. Headquarters, Kentville Station, Kentville on July 20, 1967.
Kentville Station on July 20, 1967.
No. 9059 at Kentville Station in 1968.
RDC 9059 at the Kentville Station with the Kentville Freight Shed, Era ~1970
RDC 9059 Dayliner, at the Kentville Station, circa Sept. 1970.
Kentville Station, photographed by Harold Jenkins, unknown date, circa 1970.
RDC 9059 Dayliner, at the Kentville Station, close-up of platform, Sept. 5, 1970.
Kentville Station, circa 1970 with P. R. Ritcey store in right background.
Dayliner No. 9057 at Kentville Station, Kentville in August 1973.
Dayliner No. 9057 at Kentville Station, Kentville in August 1973.
Kentville Station, looking east along the platform, summer or early fall 1973.
Kentville Station, looking east along the platform, summer or early fall 1973.
Kentville Station, close-up detail of platform signs and awnings, summer or early fall 1973.
Kentville Station, east end, summer or early fall 1973.
North side of Kentville Station, April 1975. Photographer unknown.
Kentville Station, west end with section house and a DAR MOW motor vehicle, April 1975.
No. 9067 at Kentville Station with British Canadian Fruit warehouse in background, June 28, 1975.
Dayliner at Kentville Station on July 18, 1975.
Kentville Railyard with Kentville Station to right, Feb. 14, 1976.
North & West side of the station - 17th May 1976.
Kentville Station, Kentville NS August 17 1977.
No. 9059 at Kentville Station on an evening in January 1977.
No. 9059 at Kentville Station on an evening in January 1977 with P. R. Ritcey store in right background.
Kentville Station with RDC 9059 completing its run as Train No. 3 from Halifax, May 26, 1977.
Kentville Station sometime in the 80s. Photographer is unknown.
Kentville Station, photographed by Harold Jenkins, May 1982.
The Apple Blossom Special at the Kentville Station is blue flagged while the power is turned on May 30, 1987.
Passengers and on lookers wait at the Kentville Station while VIA 6781 is turned for the Apple Blossom Special on May 30, 1987.
Eric Purcell and Earle MacMichael in the Kentville Station's general manager's office, at Mr Purcell’s retirement, 1986 or 87.
DAR staff in the General Manager's of the Kentville Station at Eric Purcell’s retirement, in 1986 or 87. Note manager's fireplace.
DAR staff in the General Manager's office of the Kentville Station, on the occasion of Eric Purcell’s retirement, in 1986 or 87.
Eastbound freight at Kentville looking from the new VIA station towards the old Kentville Station, with the P. R. Ritcey warehouse on right, February 1988.
Kentville Station, awaiting demolition June 1990.
Kentville, at the site of the station, August 30, 2011.
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Other Known Images
Kentville Station in 1969 - Canada Science and Technology Museum Image STR04091a.
VIA Rail Station 1988-1989
Gallery
Kentville Station, July 16, 1989. Old station in foreground, new brick station in background to right.
A VIA Rail RDC at the new Kentville Station, July 15, 1989.
Farewell to VIA in the Valley - January 30, 1990 article on school children witnessing final passenger run at Kentville Station.
Station Interior Objects
Gallery
Kentville Station typewriter from B. L. Mailman's estate, 2016.
Kentville Station adding machine from B. L. Mailman's estate, 2016.
Bench from the Kentville Station, preserved at the Kentville Heritage Cente, 2021.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ "Windsor and Annapolis Railway Celebrates First Year of Operation", Daily British Colonist, 25 August 1870
- ↑ Construction date of 1889 addition given in transcript of the Department of Railways and Canals, Engineer's Report, 1889, compiled by J. B. King, Scotia Railway Society Collection, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, RG28 Series S Vol. 4 File 15
- ↑ Bob Mohowski, "Dominion Atlantic Railway", Railpace Newsmagazine, March 1984, p. 33
- ↑ Kentville Advertiser, July 19, 1988, article located by by Conrad Davison
- ↑ Kentville Advertiser, "Kentville's New Train Station", June 3, 1988, article located by Conrad Davison
- ↑ "Kentville Historical Society", Town of Kentville
- ↑ "Windsor and Annapolis Railway Celebrates First Year of Operation", Daily British Colonist, 25 August 1870
- ↑ Alexander MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873, page 22
- ↑ Construction date of 1889 addition given in transcript of the Department of Railways and Canals, Engineer's Report, 1889, compiled by J. B. King, Scotia Railway Society Collection, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, RG28 Series S Vol. 4 File 15
- ↑ Digby Courier, Sept. 23, 1898, transcribed on page 17 of "Dominion Atlantic Railway III, Digby Courier Notes 1890-1904", Carl Riff"
- ↑ The Railway and Shipping World Feb. 1904-02, "Kentville Station Debenture, November Earnings"
- ↑ Herbert Gates architectural plans for Kentville Station, 1902, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management
- ↑ Canadian Railway and Marine World, "Projected Lines, Construction Betterments, Etc. Work in 1920", November 1920
- ↑ Links and Pins "With the Railway Men", Halifax Chronicle Herald, May 27, 1931, Carl Riff Notes
- ↑ "Harbourville Beachcombings", Kentville Advertiser, April 21, 1927. The tall flagpole is visible with a cross tree if you zoom in on the station in the McCully Air photo No. 271, Kentville in 1931. Last known photo is July 3, 1954.
- Canadian Railway Station Guide Bruce Ballantyne, Bytown Railway Society, 1998
- Devil's Half Acre Mabel Nichols Kentville Centenniel Committee, 1986
Reference Tag
External Links
- Former Kentville Railway Station, Kentville, Nova Scotia Robert Hunter, Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada Railway Station Report, 1990, RSR-6 Canadian Pacific Historical Association Documents Library
- Nova Scotia Archives, Good zoomable air view of Kentville station, car shops, rail yard, and back road siding, circa 1960.
- Video of station, including interior views just prior to demolition, 1989, Facebook Post, July 16, 2021 by Chris Gertridge]
