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Kentville
Kentville, Nova Scotia
- Halifax Subdivision (from Windsor Junction), Mile 56.57, (from Halifax), Mile 72.38
- Subdivision Kentville, Mile 0
- Subdivision Kingsport, Mile 0
- Spur Track D Kingsport, Mile 0
Facilities & Features
Kentville Station, Roundhouse, Coaling Tower, Cornwallis Inn, Bridges and More!
Please Click on the title for extensive listing of featured facilities.
Commerce & Industry
Description & History
The Windsor and Annapolis Railway established their operational headquarters here in 1868. In 1894 the amalgamation of the Windsor and Anapolis Railway and the Western Counties Railway led to the formation of the Dominion Atlantic Railway. It's corporate offices like the Windsor and Annapolis were located in London, England. After the 1911 lease to Canadian Pacific Railway the corporate offices were moved to Montreal, Quebec but the day to day operational headquarters remained in Kentville to the very end.
Operations & Orders
Gallery
Kentville_Railyard in 1871, the earliest known image, looking west.
Kentville Circa 1872.
W&AR Kentville Engine House and Lightning circa 1872.
Kentville Yard and station looking west circa 1890s.
Kentville, circa 1896, with Kentville Railyard, Kentville Car Shop, Kentville Station and the Aberdeen Hotel.
Church Street, Kentville, circa 1900, with Kentville Station platforms to right and the T. L. Dodge hardware store to left.
Kentville circa 1900.
Kentville Station east platform & Aberdeen Street, about 1905 with T. L. Dodge hardware store
Topographic map from Berwick to Kentville circa 1956.
Topographic map from Kentville to Hortons Landing circa 1956.
Kentville Station 1967 & you can see a set of over head railway crossing lights.
Kentville looking east to the station, 1950s.
Kentville looking west to the roundhouse, 1950s.
Lake Annis station, arriving at Kentville to be used as a maintenance shed, November 18, 1962.
The Confederation Train parked at Aberdeen Street level crossing, Kentville with the P. R. Ritcey Company in centre, October 1967.
Air photo Kentville and DAR railyard, 1970s.
Track plan of Kentville Railyard and spurs, 1974.
Map of town of Kentville and and DAR railyard, 1980s.
Air photo of Kentville Railyard, June 21, 1987.
Kentville Railyard composite photo with the Kentville Coaling Tower, Kentville Car Shop and the Kentville Repair Shop, October 1990.
DAR mainline tracks at Kentville along West Main Street looking east, 1991.
DAR mainline tracks at Kentville at the end of West Main Street looking west, 1991.
Kentville looking east from West Main Street crossing with the Canada Foods Plant, the roundhouse, car shop and yard tracks, 1992.
Kentville Railyard site looking south, l to r: the British Canadian Fruit Association Kentville warehouse, W.J. Burrell's Machine Shop and the Kentville Roundhouse.May 10, 2006.
The Kings County Museum, 2008 with the locomotive wheel display recovered from the Kentville Railyard.
References & Footnotes
- Alexander MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873
- 1969 Memorandum of General Information
Reference Tag
External Links
- Nova Scotia Archives, "Built Heritage", Zoomable air view of Kentville rail yards, car shops, and locomotive shop, circa 1896.
- Nova Scotia Archives, "Nova Scotia from the Air", Twenty zoomable views of Kentville showing rail yards and associated structures, 1931.
- Nova Scotia Archives, "Nova Scotia Information Service", Good zoomable air view of Kentville station, car shops, rail yard, and back road siding, circa 1960.
- Dominion Atlantic Railway at Wikipedia
- History of Railway Companies in Nova Scotia
- Kentville Roundhouse
