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| + | File:STR03970a.001.aa.cs.jpg|Fatal snowplow wreck at [[Wilmot]], Jan. 15, 1895 with the wreckage of [[Windsor and Annapolis Railway|W&AR]] locomotive No. 7 and wedge snowplow. | ||
Image:Oregon northwestern boxcar. wilmot.jpg|Oregon Northwestern boxcar for England's Furniture in [[Wilmot]]. | Image:Oregon northwestern boxcar. wilmot.jpg|Oregon Northwestern boxcar for England's Furniture in [[Wilmot]]. | ||
Image:DAR Wilmot-Kingston.jpg|Wilmot to Kingston | Image:DAR Wilmot-Kingston.jpg|Wilmot to Kingston | ||
Revision as of 17:36, 23 February 2015
Wilmot, Nova Scotia
Subdivision Kentville, Mile 27.1
Facilities & Features
Commerce & Industry
- England's Furniture
- Frenchies
Description & History
Wilmot was the scene of one of the worst wrecks on the DAR. On January 14, 1894, a Windsor & Annapolis Railway snowplow extra derailed one mile east of Wilmot Station. The locomotive fell through the bridge at Gibbon's Brook killing both the engineer and fireman.[1]
Operations & Orders
Gallery
Oregon Northwestern boxcar for England's Furniture in Wilmot.
Wilmot to Kingston
References & Footnotes
- Alexander MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873
- 1969 Memorandum of General Information
References
