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[[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Subdivision Truro]], Mile 31.56 | [[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Subdivision Truro]], Mile 31.56 | ||
| − | Next Station | + | Next Station East: [[Burtons]] |
| − | Next Station | + | Next Station West: [[Upper Kennetcook]] |
==Facilities & Features== | ==Facilities & Features== | ||
| − | + | Doddridge Station, Mile 31.56 | |
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| + | 50 ft. Half Deck Plate Girder and Pile Trestle Bridge over the Kennetcook River Bridge, Mile 31.33 | ||
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| + | ==Description & History== | ||
| + | Doddridge is a small farming community at the head of the Kennetcook River. It was settled around the War of 1812 and named after Philip Doddridge, an English religious leader.<ref>[https://novascotia.ca/archives/places/page.asp?ID=172 C. Bruce Fergusson, "Burton"], ''Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia'' Nova Scotia Archives (1967), p. 172.</ref> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<Gallery> | <Gallery> | ||
Image:DAR Midland Div near Dodds Bridge, NS 8-1-1958.jpg|[[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Midland line]] near [[Doddridge]], NS. from the rear of [[Train No. 22]] on August 1, 1958. | Image:DAR Midland Div near Dodds Bridge, NS 8-1-1958.jpg|[[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Midland line]] near [[Doddridge]], NS. from the rear of [[Train No. 22]] on August 1, 1958. | ||
| + | File:DAR - Doddridge Station-Harold Jenkins Photo-June1959.JPG|[[Doddridge]] Station, photographed by [[:Category:Harold Jenkins Photo|Harold Jenkins]], June 1959. | ||
</Gallery> | </Gallery> | ||
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| + | ==References & Footnotes== | ||
| + | *[[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|1969 Memorandum of General Information, page 22]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:40, 17 October 2018
Doddridge, Nova Scotia
Subdivision Truro, Mile 31.56
Next Station East: Burtons
Next Station West: Upper Kennetcook
Facilities & Features
Doddridge Station, Mile 31.56
50 ft. Half Deck Plate Girder and Pile Trestle Bridge over the Kennetcook River Bridge, Mile 31.33
Description & History
Doddridge is a small farming community at the head of the Kennetcook River. It was settled around the War of 1812 and named after Philip Doddridge, an English religious leader.[1]
Gallery
Midland line near Doddridge, NS. from the rear of Train No. 22 on August 1, 1958.
Doddridge Station, photographed by Harold Jenkins, June 1959.
References & Footnotes
- ↑ C. Bruce Fergusson, "Burton", Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Archives (1967), p. 172.
