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==Kentville Car Shop== | ==Kentville Car Shop== | ||
| − | Built by DAR Bridge | + | Built by DAR Bridge & Building Deptartment November to December 1937 after original W & A wooden car shop burned on October 20, 1937. |
| − | Concrete base, brick tile walls, 46 feet by 217 feet. | + | |
| + | Concrete base, brick tile walls, two through tracks 46 feet by 217 feet, office attached. | ||
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Converted to Car and Locomotive Shop after Roundhouse closed. | Converted to Car and Locomotive Shop after Roundhouse closed. | ||
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Shop closed 199x | Shop closed 199x | ||
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Demolished 200x | Demolished 200x | ||
Revision as of 16:38, 7 May 2008
Kentville Car Shop
Built by DAR Bridge & Building Deptartment November to December 1937 after original W & A wooden car shop burned on October 20, 1937.
Concrete base, brick tile walls, two through tracks 46 feet by 217 feet, office attached.
Converted to Car and Locomotive Shop after Roundhouse closed.
Shop closed 199x
Demolished 200x
Gallery
No. 2665 in the Kentville Railyard in August 1951 after bringing in Train No. 95 from Halifax. Also visible is business card Nova Scotia parked against the repair shop and to the left the car shop.
1958 Pontiac inspection car at the SE corner of the Kentville Car Shop in Kentville.
References and Footnotes
- Kentville Advertiser, Nov. 10, 1937, Jan. 27, 1938
