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Canning Wye and Spur
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Canning Wye and Spur
- Subdivision Kingsport, Mile 9.8
Wye and 3,300 foot long spur in Canning leading to the Canning Wharf
- South leg: approx Mile 9.8
- North leg: approx Mile 10.4, a third of a mile from the Canning Station
- Active circa 1912-1920
- 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
- Truncated wye continued to be used for the private railway car of Frederick William Borden, federal defence minister in WW I
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
Dan Conlin Field notes CVR Trip, April 20, 2008
