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| − | The first enginehouse at [[Windsor]] was built by the Nova Scotia Railway in the 1850s to service and turn locomotives when they railway reached Windsor. It included a | + | The first enginehouse at [[Windsor]] was built by the Nova Scotia Railway in the 1850s to service and turn locomotives when they railway reached Windsor. It included a table enclosed by an octagonal structure. It was taken over by the [[Windsor & Annapolis Railway]] and later the Dominion Atlantic when they leased they leased the Windsor Branch. By 1912 the turntable enclosure had been removed. The engine house and turntable were located on the north edge of Fort Edward Hill. |
The first enginehouse was demolished and replaced in 1916 by a three-stall engine house located inside the Windsor wye, built by the same DAR crew that built the [[Middleton Enginehouse]] and [[Kentville Roundhouse]]. It was probably demolished in the late 1920s when locomotive maintenance was centralized at the expanded Kentville roundhouse. | The first enginehouse was demolished and replaced in 1916 by a three-stall engine house located inside the Windsor wye, built by the same DAR crew that built the [[Middleton Enginehouse]] and [[Kentville Roundhouse]]. It was probably demolished in the late 1920s when locomotive maintenance was centralized at the expanded Kentville roundhouse. | ||
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File:Weekly Monitor 1916-August-2.jpg|''The Weekly Monitor'' article on construction of the [[Middleton Enginehouse]], followed by the new [[Windsor Enginehouse]] and [[Kentville Roundhouse]], Aug. 23, 1916. | File:Weekly Monitor 1916-August-2.jpg|''The Weekly Monitor'' article on construction of the [[Middleton Enginehouse]], followed by the new [[Windsor Enginehouse]] and [[Kentville Roundhouse]], Aug. 23, 1916. | ||
File:201908782DetailB.JPG|The second [[Windsor Enginehouse]] with part of the [[Colonial Fertilizer]] in the background, circa 1920s. | File:201908782DetailB.JPG|The second [[Windsor Enginehouse]] with part of the [[Colonial Fertilizer]] in the background, circa 1920s. | ||
| + | File:DAR_plan_Windsor_1955-01.jpg|Survey plan of [[:Category:Subdivision_Halifax|Halifax Subdivision]] tracks and structures through [[Windsor]], with an outline of the 3 stall stall [[Windsor Enginehouse]] in the west end of the wye, Mar. 21, 1935, revised Jan. 1955. | ||
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Revision as of 21:13, 15 April 2023
The first enginehouse at Windsor was built by the Nova Scotia Railway in the 1850s to service and turn locomotives when they railway reached Windsor. It included a table enclosed by an octagonal structure. It was taken over by the Windsor & Annapolis Railway and later the Dominion Atlantic when they leased they leased the Windsor Branch. By 1912 the turntable enclosure had been removed. The engine house and turntable were located on the north edge of Fort Edward Hill.
The first enginehouse was demolished and replaced in 1916 by a three-stall engine house located inside the Windsor wye, built by the same DAR crew that built the Middleton Enginehouse and Kentville Roundhouse. It was probably demolished in the late 1920s when locomotive maintenance was centralized at the expanded Kentville roundhouse.
A final engine house and car shop was built in Windsor inside the wye about 1995 by the Windsor and Hantsport Railway.
Bird's Eve View of Windsor Nova Scotia 1878 showing the Windsor Enginehouse and turntable, 1878.
The Windsor Enginehouse and the circular structure covering the turntable, with the Windsor Cotton Mill in background, circa 1884.
Locomotive No. 380 with crew on the turntable at the Windsor Enginehouse, 1912.
The Weekly Monitor article on construction of the Middleton Enginehouse, followed by the new Windsor Enginehouse and Kentville Roundhouse, Aug. 23, 1916.
The second Windsor Enginehouse with part of the Colonial Fertilizer in the background, circa 1920s.
- DAR plan Windsor 1955-01.jpg
Survey plan of Halifax Subdivision tracks and structures through Windsor, with an outline of the 3 stall stall Windsor Enginehouse in the west end of the wye, Mar. 21, 1935, revised Jan. 1955.
References and Footnotes
Bird's Eve View of Windsor Nova Scotia 1878
External Links
The layout and structure of the Windsor Engine house appears from photos to have followed the: the standard 1908 CPR plans also used for the three-stall engine house at Teeswater, Ontario featured on the Canadian Pacific Historical Association Documents Library
Plans for visible smoke jack based on the : standard CPR 1915 plans featured on the Canadian Pacific Historical Association Documents Library
