Difference between revisions of "Bridgetown Water Tower"

Latest revision as of 07:56, 20 December 2021

Hantsport is listed in 1873 as having a 18' x 11' water tank, perhaps similar to the Middleton Water Tower.^[1]

By 1931, the tank was a semi-enclosed octagonal water tower, located just west of the station on the north side of the tracks.

It is listed on DAR employee timetables in 1931^[2] through to 1951,^[3] but was gone by 1959.^[4]

Detail of McCully air view of Bridgetown with the Water Tower, section house, apple warehouses and station roof, July 1931.

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 By 1931, the tank was a semi-enclosed octagonal water tower, located just west of the station on the north side of the tracks.
-It is listed on DAR employee timetables in 1931<ref>[[19310621-DARETT|"Time Table No. 77 For Employees June 21, 1931", ''Dominion Atlantic Railway'', p. 4]]</ref> and through to 1951.<ref>[[19510930-DARETT|1951 Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table - September 30, 1951, p. 4]]</ref> and was likely removed with the end of steam power circa 1958.
+It is listed on DAR employee timetables in 1931<ref>[[19310621-DARETT|"Time Table No. 77 For Employees June 21, 1931", ''Dominion Atlantic Railway'', p. 4]]</ref> through to 1951,<ref>[[19510930-DARETT|1951 Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table - September 30, 1951, p. 4]]</ref> but was gone by 1959.<ref>[https://www.cptracks.ca/data/TimeTables_Employee/ETT_DAR_1_1949_Oct25.pdf 1959 Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table - October 25, 1959, p. 4, Canadian Pacific Historical Society Documents Library]</ref>
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