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[[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Subdivision Truro]], Mile 6.18, Elevation 38' | [[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Subdivision Truro]], Mile 6.18, Elevation 38' | ||
| − | + | *Next Station West: [[Scotch Village]] | |
| − | Next Station West: [[Scotch Village]] | + | *Next Station East: [[Mantua]] |
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| − | Next Station East: [[Mantua]] | ||
==Facilities & Features== | ==Facilities & Features== | ||
*[[Brooklyn Station]] | *[[Brooklyn Station]] | ||
| − | *T. G. McMullen Lumber Sawmill<ref name="Brook">Edith McGray, ''Brooklyn in Retrospect'', p205-206</ref><ref name="HH">Holly Hanes, ''Notes from Facebook group DARDPI.ca, 2018-04-02''</ref> | + | *T. G. McMullen Lumber Sawmill<ref name="Brook">Edith Clare and The Reverand George Stanley McGray, ''Brooklyn in Retrospect, 1992'', p205-206</ref><ref name="HH">Holly Hanes, ''Notes from Facebook group DARDPI.ca, 2018-04-02''</ref> |
*Wood Chip Loading Platform for F. S. Etter & Sons.<ref name="Memo">[[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|1969 Memorandum of General Information]], p21</ref> (Pulpwood chips) | *Wood Chip Loading Platform for F. S. Etter & Sons.<ref name="Memo">[[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|1969 Memorandum of General Information]], p21</ref> (Pulpwood chips) | ||
*Hants Co-operative Services Ltd. including:<ref name="Memo"/> | *Hants Co-operative Services Ltd. including:<ref name="Memo"/> | ||
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| − | + | 2 storey building for fertilizer, petroleum products, flour, feed | |
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| − | + | Apple packing warehouse<ref name="HH"/> | |
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| + | Livestock Pen<ref name="Ness">[[Gary W. Ness]], ''[[Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway]] (Volume 2)'', p12</ref><ref name="HH"/> | ||
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| + | Grain Elevator and Feed mill<ref name="Ness"/><ref name="HH"/> | ||
==Description & History== | ==Description & History== | ||
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File:Quarries.jpg|[[:Category:Gypsum_Trains|gypsum quarry]] spurs in the [[Windsor]], [[Dimock's]], [[Brooklyn]] and [[Newport]] areas, from geological map, 1909. | File:Quarries.jpg|[[:Category:Gypsum_Trains|gypsum quarry]] spurs in the [[Windsor]], [[Dimock's]], [[Brooklyn]] and [[Newport]] areas, from geological map, 1909. | ||
File:Wolfville_21_H1_East.jpg|Topographic map from Avonport to Shaws Bog circa 1956. | File:Wolfville_21_H1_East.jpg|Topographic map from Avonport to Shaws Bog circa 1956. | ||
| − | File: | + | File:97.1586.1.jpg|[[Brooklyn]] facilities, taken from the Feed Mill, looking east with the co-op store and the [[Brooklyn Station]], circa 1946. |
Image:Brooklyn Station.jpg|Dominion Atlantic Station at [[Brooklyn]] on August 1, 1958. | Image:Brooklyn Station.jpg|Dominion Atlantic Station at [[Brooklyn]] on August 1, 1958. | ||
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Image:Brooklyn Station 1967.jpg|[[Brooklyn Station]], Hants County, NS. on July 20, 1967. | Image:Brooklyn Station 1967.jpg|[[Brooklyn Station]], Hants County, NS. on July 20, 1967. | ||
</Gallery> | </Gallery> | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn,_Hants_County,_Nova_Scotia Brooklyn at Wikipedia.] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn,_Hants_County,_Nova_Scotia Brooklyn at Wikipedia.] | ||
| − | *[http://www.novamuse.ca/Detail/objects/141078?fbclid=IwAR3KTfx34-6IggBY-FxWYtXJnLI9WFe98bRDIEh179EExYGNOEyOEMQSyGg View of station and Co | + | *[http://www.novamuse.ca/Detail/objects/141078?fbclid=IwAR3KTfx34-6IggBY-FxWYtXJnLI9WFe98bRDIEh179EExYGNOEyOEMQSyGg View of station and Co-op from top of the Co-op grain elevator.] from [[:Category:West Hants Historical Society|West Hants Historical Society]] |
[[Category:Locations]] | [[Category:Locations]] | ||
[[Category:Subdivision Truro|061]] | [[Category:Subdivision Truro|061]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:06, 17 February 2024
Brooklyn, Hants County, Nova Scotia
Subdivision Truro, Mile 6.18, Elevation 38'
- Next Station West: Scotch Village
- Next Station East: Mantua
Facilities & Features
- T. G. McMullen Lumber Sawmill[1][2]
- Wood Chip Loading Platform for F. S. Etter & Sons.[3] (Pulpwood chips)
- Hants Co-operative Services Ltd. including:[3]
2 storey building for fertilizer, petroleum products, flour, feed
Apple packing warehouse[2]
Grain Elevator and Feed mill[4][2]
Description & History
Operations & Orders
Switching operations on siding described by Gary Ness.[4]
Gallery
gypsum quarry spurs in the Windsor, Dimock's, Brooklyn and Newport areas, from geological map, 1909.
Topographic map from Avonport to Shaws Bog circa 1956.
Brooklyn facilities, taken from the Feed Mill, looking east with the co-op store and the Brooklyn Station, circa 1946.
Dominion Atlantic Station at Brooklyn on August 1, 1958.
Brooklyn Station, Hants County, NS. on July 20, 1967.
References & Footnotes
- ↑ Edith Clare and The Reverand George Stanley McGray, Brooklyn in Retrospect, 1992, p205-206
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Holly Hanes, Notes from Facebook group DARDPI.ca, 2018-04-02
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 1969 Memorandum of General Information, p21
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gary W. Ness, Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume 2), p12
