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Mile 2.7 from [[Kentville]] on the [[:Category:Subdivision Kingsport|Kingsport Subdivision]], the Cornwallis Valley Railway | Mile 2.7 from [[Kentville]] on the [[:Category:Subdivision Kingsport|Kingsport Subdivision]], the Cornwallis Valley Railway | ||
Mile 2.2 from [[Kentville]] on the [[:Category:Spur Track D Kingsport|Spur Track D Kingsport]] after 1961 | Mile 2.2 from [[Kentville]] on the [[:Category:Spur Track D Kingsport|Spur Track D Kingsport]] after 1961 | ||
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| + | Elevation: 45 feet<ref>[https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/starweb/geoscan/servlet.starweb?path=geoscan/fulle.web&search1=R=108011 Map 13 A "PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA, Kings and Hants CountIES, Kingsport Sheet No. 84"; Hugh Fletcher, L. N. Richard, Geological Survey of Canada, Dept. of Mines, Canada, Multicoloured Geological Map 1037, 1911]</ref> | ||
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*Next Station North: [[Centreville]] | *Next Station North: [[Centreville]] | ||
*Next Station South: [[Aldershot]] | *Next Station South: [[Aldershot]] | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | Officially | + | Officially known as Mill Village on railway timetables, the station was more commonly called "Steam Mill" or "Steam Mill Village" after an early local steam sawmill. After the tracks to Kingsport were abandoned in 1961, Mill Village became the terminus for the spur that remained of the Kingsport Subdivision known as [[:Category:Spur Track D Kingsport|Spur Track D Kingsport]]. The spur remained in use to serve several large feed mills that operated at the location. The [[Canard River Bridge]] and old shelter station were abandoned at this time so the Mill Village station was shifted several hundred feet south from the old shelter station to the feed mills when the spur was created thus changing the mileage. The spur itself was abandoned in 1993. |
==Facilities== | ==Facilities== | ||
Latest revision as of 19:06, 6 May 2021
Mill Village (Steam Mill), Nova Scotia
Mile 2.7 from Kentville on the Kingsport Subdivision, the Cornwallis Valley Railway
Mile 2.2 from Kentville on the Spur Track D Kingsport after 1961
Elevation: 45 feet[1]
- Next Station North: Centreville
- Next Station South: Aldershot
History
Officially known as Mill Village on railway timetables, the station was more commonly called "Steam Mill" or "Steam Mill Village" after an early local steam sawmill. After the tracks to Kingsport were abandoned in 1961, Mill Village became the terminus for the spur that remained of the Kingsport Subdivision known as Spur Track D Kingsport. The spur remained in use to serve several large feed mills that operated at the location. The Canard River Bridge and old shelter station were abandoned at this time so the Mill Village station was shifted several hundred feet south from the old shelter station to the feed mills when the spur was created thus changing the mileage. The spur itself was abandoned in 1993.
Facilities
- Siding for Scotia Farm Services and Cavendish Farms Feed Mills and End of Track after 1961, Mile 2.2
- Canard River Bridge, a pile Trestle Bridge over Canard River, Mile 2.5
- Flag Station, north side of Lakewood Road, Mile 2.7
Gallery
Topographic map from Berwick to Kentville circa 1956.
This is the end of track at Steam Mill in the summer of 1993.
References and Footnotes
- Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, pmp -HE.2804 DC
