Dominion Atlantic Railway Digital Preservation Initiative - Wiki
Use of this site is subject to our Terms & Conditions.
Difference between revisions of "Oak Island Ballast Pit"
Dan conlin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==New Minas, Nova Scotia== Mile 55 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision (Mile 70.7 from Halifax) at New Minas New Mina...") |
Dan conlin (talk | contribs) (category) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | == | + | ==Oa Island Ballast Pit== |
Mile 55 from [[Windsor Junction]] on the [[:Category:Subdivision Halifax|Halifax Subdivision]] (Mile 70.7 from [[Halifax]]) at [[New Minas]] | Mile 55 from [[Windsor Junction]] on the [[:Category:Subdivision Halifax|Halifax Subdivision]] (Mile 70.7 from [[Halifax]]) at [[New Minas]] | ||
| − | New Minas was also the location of several [[:Category:Gravel Pits|ballast pits]] used by the DAR. The most important was the Oak Island Ballast Pit located beside the Cornwallis River in [[New Minas]]. It was named after a gravel hill in a bend of the Cornwallis River called Oak Island (not to be confused with the famous treasure island in Lunenburg County or another Oak Island at [[Avonport]]. It was served by a spur on the south side of the mainline from an east facing switch at Mile 55.<ref>DAR Employee Time Tabe 1931</ref> 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 dealer was located just above the Oak Island Pit and used it to scrap equipment in the 1960s, including [[DAR0003|Crane No. 3,]] the old Kentville yard crane. | + | New Minas was also the location of several [[:Category:Gravel Pits|ballast pits]] used by the DAR. The most important was the Oak Island Ballast Pit located beside the Cornwallis River in [[New Minas]]. It was named after a gravel hill in a bend of the Cornwallis River called Oak Island (not to be confused with the famous treasure island in Lunenburg County or another Oak Island at [[Avonport]]). It was served by a spur on the south side of the mainline from an east facing switch at Mile 55.<ref>DAR Employee Time Tabe 1931</ref> 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 dealer was located just above the Oak Island Pit and used it to scrap equipment in the 1960s, including [[DAR0003|Crane No. 3,]] the old Kentville yard crane.<ref>Interview by Dan Conlin with Arthur Lockwood, son of Albert Lockwood, June 30, 2012</ref> |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Gravel Pits]] |
[[Category:Subdivision Halifax|187]] | [[Category:Subdivision Halifax|187]] | ||
Revision as of 20:30, 2 July 2012
Oa Island Ballast Pit
Mile 55 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision (Mile 70.7 from Halifax) at New Minas
New Minas was also the location of several ballast pits used by the DAR. The most important was the Oak Island Ballast Pit located beside the Cornwallis River in New Minas. It was named after a gravel hill in a bend of the Cornwallis River called Oak Island (not to be confused with the famous treasure island in Lunenburg County or another Oak Island at Avonport). It was served by a spur on the south side of the mainline from an east facing switch at Mile 55.[1] A new ballast pit in New Minas opened not far away at Mile 52.2 in the 1960s.[2] The Joseph Fritz scrap dealer was located just above the Oak Island Pit and used it to scrap equipment in the 1960s, including Crane No. 3, the old Kentville yard crane.[3]
