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File:Quarries.jpg|[[:Category:Gypsum_Trains|Gypsum quarry]] spurs in the [[Windsor]], [[Three Mile Plains]], [[Dimock's]] and [[Newport]] areas, from Canadian geological map, 1909. | File:Quarries.jpg|[[:Category:Gypsum_Trains|Gypsum quarry]] spurs in the [[Windsor]], [[Three Mile Plains]], [[Dimock's]] and [[Newport]] areas, from Canadian geological map, 1909. | ||
Image:DAR0004a.JPG|[[DAR0004|[[DAR0004|Locomotive No. 4 "St. Croix"]] with a [[:Category:Gypsum Trains|gypsum train]] at Moshers Quarry, [[Newport]], date unknown. | Image:DAR0004a.JPG|[[DAR0004|[[DAR0004|Locomotive No. 4 "St. Croix"]] with a [[:Category:Gypsum Trains|gypsum train]] at Moshers Quarry, [[Newport]], date unknown. | ||
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Revision as of 12:46, 27 February 2020
Newport, Nova Scotia
Mile 26.11 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision (Mile 41.92 from Halifax)
Elevation: 119 feet above sea level
- Next Station East: Hartville
- Next Station West: Three Mile Plains
Facilities & Features
- Spur to Moshers Gypsum Quarry at Mile 26.51
Commerce & Industry
Newport was the location of numerous gypsum quarries in the early 20th century, several with spurs to the DAR Mainline.
Description & History
Operations & Orders
Gallery
1918 Track Chart of Newport
Gypsum quarry spurs in the Windsor, Three Mile Plains, Dimock's and Newport areas, from Canadian geological map, 1909.
Locomotive No. 4 "St. Croix" with a gypsum train at Moshers Quarry, Newport, date unknown.
Gypsum Train being loaded, probably at Mosher Quarry in Newport hauled by DAR locomotive No. 25, circa 1920.
Topographic map from Falmouth to Ellershouse circa 1956.
Newport Station, photographed by Harold Jenkins, December 4, 1960.
