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Spur for Welsford Fruit Company warehouse, Spicer Road, Mile 11.19
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Station, travelling agent, Mile 12.1
 
Station, travelling agent, Mile 12.1

Revision as of 17:58, 17 February 2013

Somerset, Nova Scotia

Mile 12.1 Subdivison Weston

Spur for Welsford Fruit Company warehouse, Spicer Road, Mile 11.19

Station, travelling agent, Mile 12.1 The Somerset station was the only North Mountain Line Station which did not also serve as a dwelling for the section foreman. After the line closed the Somerset and Weston stations were purchased by Charles Adams of Berwick who demolished the Weston station but moved the Somerset Station to Berwick where it was converted to a house which still stands on South Street.(1)

Siding for 19 cars and engine

Spur, 566 feet/11 cars, for two fruit warehouses

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References and Footnotes

(1) The Weston Branch and Margaretville in Nova Scotia by Elizabeth M. Clarke, page 13

  • Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table 1931, p. 7
  • Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, PMP - HE.2804 DC
  • 1915 North Mountain Line Track Profile, Library and Archives Canada, RG 12M 77803/17 Item 782

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