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| − | + | [[File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse - Engine 8139 - Harold Jenkins Photo-1959.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[Kentville Roundhouse]], 1959.]] | |
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| − | + | The Dominion Atlantic Railway's locomotives were serviced in a series of roundhouse and machine shop buildings located at the west end of the [[Kentville Railyard]]. They grew from a 3-stall engine shed in 1868 to a 6-stall roundhouse in 1916 and then a 10-stall roundhouse in 1926. The roundhouse continued to service locomotives into the diesel era until 1961 when it became a apple juice warehouse. The building survived to become one of the last railway roundhouses in Atlantic Canada. It was demolished by the town of Kentville, despite a province-wide protest in 2007. | |
| + | ==The First Three Stall Roundhouse/Engine House 1868-1915== | ||
| + | The [[Windsor and Annapolis Railway]] built the first turntable and engine house at Kentville in 1868 south of the mainline. It consisted of a three stall engine house<ref>[[Marguerite Woodworth]], ''History of the Dominion Atlantic'', Dominion Atlantic Railway (1936) page 64</ref> and a covered [[Kentville Turntable|turntable]] with an attached [[Kentville Machine Shop|machine shop]], 220' x 57' in total size.<ref>[[Daily British Colonist - 25 August 1870 - Windsor and Annapolis Railway Celebrates First Year of Operation|"Windsor and Annapolis Railway Celebrates First Year of Operation", ''Daily British Colonist'', 25 August 1870]]</ref>. In 1874, it was described as an L-shaped building, 140' x 58'.<ref>Alexander MacNab, ''[[Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab 1873|Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873,]]'' (1873), page 22</ref> It burned in a fire on July 8, 1915 which also destroyed two locomotives inside the sheds, [[DAR0012|No. 12]] and [[DAR0022|No. 22]], although firefighters managed to save the attached [[Kentville Machine Shop|Machine Shop]].<ref>"KENTVILLE HIT BY ANOTHER FIRE The D.A.R. Roundhouse and Engine Sheds Burned and Two Locomotives Destroyed", ''Digby Courier'', July 9, 1915, Carl Riff Notes</ref> | ||
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| + | File:Kentville Engine House and Lightning 1872.jpg|Lightning, a broad gauge locomotive in front of the [[W&AR]] [[Kentville Roundhouse|Engine House]] and [[Kentville Machine Shop|Machine Shop]], 1872. | ||
| + | File:Birdseyeroundhouse.jpg|[[Bird's Eve View of Kentville Nova Scotia 1879]]: detail showing W&AR [[Kentville Roundhouse|engine house]], [[Kentville Machine Shop|machine shop]] and blacksmith shop, 1879. | ||
| + | File:Comeau004.jpg|[[Kentville Roundhouse]] and the [[Kentville Machine Shop|Machine Shop]] with [[DAR0036|Locomtive No. 36]], [[DAR000850|DAR steam Shovel 850]] and the DAR blacksmith shop on the left, circa 1915. | ||
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| + | ==The Six Stall roundhouse 1916-1926== | ||
| + | A replacement roundhouse was built in 1916, north of the mainline near the [[Kentville Cornwallis River Bridge|Cornwallis River Bridge]] where DAR subsidiary the [[:Category:Subdivision Kingsport|Cornwallis Valley Railway]] branched off for Kingsport. The six-stall roundhouse was built in the fall of 1916 by the DAR's Bridge and Building department led by foreman H. Dalton following their construction of small enginehouses at [[Middleton Enginehouse|Middleton]] and [[Windsor Enginehouse|Windsor]].<ref>''The Weekly Monitor'', August 23, 1916</ref>, with a manual [[Kentville Turntable|70-foot turntable]] serving the six stalls<ref>Some sources say the roundhouse started with five stalls but a report in ''The Weekly Monitor'', August 23, 1916 and a tour by a Halifax journalist in 1928 indicates 6 original stalls, with four added in 1926, ''Halifax Herald'', May 1, 1928, Carl Riff notes.</ref> as well as several outside storage tracks. | ||
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| + | A Pilling Air Motor was installed on the turntable by 1920.<ref>[[Canadian Railway and Marine World - 1920-11 - Work in 1920|''Canadian Railway and Marine World'', "Projected Lines, Construction Betterments, Etc. Work in 1920", November 1920]]</ref> The turntable was standard CPR design for a 70 foot half deck plate girder turntable, one of 60 of this model built by the Dominion Bridge Company and the Canadian Bridge Company for the railway across Canada.<ref>"CPR Standard 70' Turntable",''C.P. Tracks'', Vol. 4, No. 4 (Dec. 1994), p. 16-17</ref> (A similar model served the CPR's Kettle Valley Railway and its plans can be seen online in the footnote link.)<ref>[http://kettlevalleymodelrailway.blogspot.com/2015/03/cpr-70-half-deck-turntable.html "CPR 70' HALF DECK TURNTABLE", ''KETTLE VALLEY MODEL RAILWAY '', | ||
| + | Thursday, March 5, 2015]</ref> | ||
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| + | Major roof repairs were made in May 1924 after a violent wind storm blew away portions of the roundhouse roof on May 1, 1924.<ref>"Kentville May 1", ''Halifax Herald'', May 1, 1924</ref> | ||
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| + | File:Kalkman37.jpg|[[Kentville Roundhouse|Kentville Six Stall Roundhouse]], soon after construction, circa 1916. | ||
| + | File:Kalkman41.jpg|[[Kentville Roundhouse]], the [[Kentville Cornwallis River Bridge]] and [[DAR000051|Engineer's Rest Bunk House]] during a flood, circa 1920-1926. | ||
| + | File:Kalkman40.jpg|[[Kentville Cornwallis River Bridge]] with the [[Kentville Roundhouse]] and [[DAR000051|Engineer's Rest Bunk House]] in background during a flood, circa 1920-1926. | ||
| + | File:DAR - Engine 28 Pioneer - Kentville-Harold Jenkins Photo-1922.JPG|DAR Locomotive [[DAR0028|No. 28]] at the end of its DAR career beside the six stall [[Kentville Roundhouse]], 1922. | ||
| + | File:KE-00.00 Kentville Roundhouse.JPG|Detail from Kentville Track Schematic showing [[Kentville Roundhouse]], [[Kentville Machine Shop]] and [[Kentville Water Tower]], circa 1920. | ||
| + | File:Kentville Fire Map 1921 Sheet 1 annotated.jpg|Annotated detail Kentville Fire Insurance Map showing the [[Kentville Roundhouse]], [[Kentville Machine Shop]] and [[Kentville Railyard]], Aug. 1921. | ||
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| + | ==The Ten Stall Roundhouse 1926-1960== | ||
| + | The roundhouse was expanded in 1926, with work being announced in March<ref>The expansion was announced in the ''Kentville Advertiser'' March 26, 1926</ref> with four new stalls being added.<ref>''Halifax Chroncile Herald'', May 1, 1928, Carl Riff notes. The article describes a tour by Halifax journalist who notes that four stalls were added in 1926.</ref> The ten-stall roundhouse was complete and in use by the end of the year.<ref>''Halifax Chronicle Herald'', Feb. 6, 1927, Carl Riff notes. Tour by Rotary group notes the roundhouse is complete and in service.</ref> The new stalls filled in the storage tracks next to the [[Kentville Machine Shop]]. | ||
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| + | The roundhouse stalls were numbered from south to north, starting with Stall No. 1 closest to the mainline and ending with Stall No. 10 near the Cornwallis River.<ref>Stall numbers are shown in Harold Jenkins 1927 photo and Canada Science and Technology 1943 photo of Locomotive 2511 (STR08416a).</ref> Stalls 5 to 10 were extended to accommodate arrival of Pacific locomotives in 1936.<ref>"Railway Notes", ''Kentville Advertiser'', Oct. 15, 1936</ref> | ||
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| + | Roundhouse dimensions were: | ||
* South wall: 80' 6" | * South wall: 80' 6" | ||
* North wall: 83' 7" | * North wall: 83' 7" | ||
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* Doors: Four south doors, 13' 4" wide, Six North Doors 13' wide. Doors separated by 10" posts<ref>Dimensions based on onsite measurements by Dan Conlin and Leon Barron and a 1980 drainage plan of the Canada Foods plant from Graves Ltd.</ref> | * Doors: Four south doors, 13' 4" wide, Six North Doors 13' wide. Doors separated by 10" posts<ref>Dimensions based on onsite measurements by Dan Conlin and Leon Barron and a 1980 drainage plan of the Canada Foods plant from Graves Ltd.</ref> | ||
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| + | File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse-Engines in Stalls-Harold Jenkins Photo-1927.JPG|[[Kentville Roundhouse]] with numbered stalls, 1927. [[DAR0039|Locomotive No. 39]] visible in Stall No. 5. | ||
| − | + | Image:Hebert.jpg|[[DAR0544|No. 544]] on the [[Kentville Turntable|turntable]], circa 1930 with [[Kentville Roundhouse]] staff. The [[Kentville Water Tower|water tower ]] stands at its first location by the turntable, before it was moved closer to the river. | |
| − | + | File:RoundhouseLetter01.jpg|Note left by workers expanding the roundhouse in 1938. | |
| − | + | File:RoundhouseLetter02.jpg|"Time Capsule" container for 1938 workers' note. | |
| − | + | File:McBride2p72D.jpg|[[DAR2552|Locomotive No. 2552]] on the [[Kentville Turntable|turntable]] with the [[Kentville Machine Shop|Machine Shop]] and the [[Kentville Boiler Plant|Boiler Plant]] in background, circa 1942. | |
| − | + | File:CSTM-STR08416a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2511|No. 2511]] at the [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with stall No. 10 and the [[Kentville Water Tower]] stand pipe after the tower was moved about 1943. | |
| − | + | File:McBride2p72B.jpg|[[DAR1090|Locomotive No. 1090]] on the [[Kentville Turntable|turntable]] with the [[Kentville Water Tower]] in background, circa 1944. | |
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| − | File: | + | File:McBride2p72A.jpg|[[DAR0470|Locomotive No. 470]] on the [[Kentville Turntable|turntable]] with the [[Kentville Water Tower|Water Tower]] in background, circa 1944. |
| − | Image:KentYardBuildings2.JPG|Kentville roundhouse, turntable and [[Kentville Machine Shop|machine shop]] from the [[Kentville Coaling Tower|coaling tower]], 1940s or 50s. | + | Image:KentYardBuildings2.JPG|Kentville roundhouse, [[Kentville Turntable|turntable]] and [[Kentville Machine Shop|machine shop]] from the [[Kentville Coaling Tower|coaling tower]], 1940s or 50s. |
File:2008.002.85medres.jpg|The [[Canada Foods Plant]] with stalls 8, 9 & 10 of the [[Kentville Roundhouse]], plus the [[Kentville Water Tower]], the [[Kentville Cornwallis River Bridge|Cornwallis River Bridge]] and the [[Kentville Cornwallis River Spillway Bridge|Spillway Trestle]] in 1949. | File:2008.002.85medres.jpg|The [[Canada Foods Plant]] with stalls 8, 9 & 10 of the [[Kentville Roundhouse]], plus the [[Kentville Water Tower]], the [[Kentville Cornwallis River Bridge|Cornwallis River Bridge]] and the [[Kentville Cornwallis River Spillway Bridge|Spillway Trestle]] in 1949. | ||
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Image:Inspection Car M-107 1954.jpg|[[:Category:Inspection Cars|Inspection car M-107]] beside the [[Kentville Roundhouse|roundhouse]] in [[Kentville]] on July 3, 1954. | Image:Inspection Car M-107 1954.jpg|[[:Category:Inspection Cars|Inspection car M-107]] beside the [[Kentville Roundhouse|roundhouse]] in [[Kentville]] on July 3, 1954. | ||
| − | Image:DAR6227c.jpg|[[DAR6227|No. 6227]] in front of [[Kentville Roundhouse|Kentville Roundhouse]] on August 27, 1956. Visible as well, [[Kentville Boiler Plant|boiler plant and smoke stack]], [[Kentville | + | File:DAR6227 Colou.jpg|DAR [[Kentville]] switcher [[DAR6227|No. 6227]] beside the [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with the [[Kentville Cornwallis River Bridge]] and one of the [[Kentville Section Houses]] in background, circa 1956. |
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| + | Image:DAR6227c.jpg|[[DAR6227|No. 6227]] in front of [[Kentville Roundhouse|Kentville Roundhouse]] on August 27, 1956. Visible as well, [[Kentville Boiler Plant|boiler plant and smoke stack]], [[Kentville Turntable|turntable]], [[Kentville Water Tower|water stand pipe]], [[Kentville Coaling Tower|coaling tower]] and [[Kentville Sanding Tower|sanding tower]]. | ||
| − | Image:DAR6227b.jpg|[[Kentville | + | Image:DAR6227b.jpg|[[Kentville Turntable|turntable]] view of CPR [[DAR6227|No. 6227]] at [[Kentville]] on August 27, 1956. Visible as well, [[Kentville Boiler Plant|boiler plant and smoke stack]], [[Kentville Water Tower|water stand pipe]] and [[Kentville Coaling Tower|coaling tower]]. |
| − | Image:DAR2526b.jpg|[[DAR2526|No. 2526]] | + | Image:DAR2526b.jpg|[[DAR2526|No. 2526]] arrives with [[Train No. 12]] from [[Kingsport]] on Aug. 27, 1956. Visible as well, switcher [[DAR6227|No. 6227]], [[Kentville Water Tower|water stand pipe]], [[Kentville Coaling Tower|coaling tower]], [[Kentville Sanding Tower|sanding tower]], [[DAR414324|track crane]]. |
| − | Image:Dar6227a.jpg|[[DAR6227|No. 6227]] in front of the [[Kentville | + | Image:Dar6227a.jpg|[[DAR6227|No. 6227]] in front of the [[Kentville Turntable|turntable]] with the [[Kentville Water Tower|water standpipe]] behind on August 27, 1956. |
File:DAR 1046 Kentville Roundhouse.jpg|[[DAR1046|DAR locomotive 1046]] in the [[Kentville Roundhouse]], c. 1958. | File:DAR 1046 Kentville Roundhouse.jpg|[[DAR1046|DAR locomotive 1046]] in the [[Kentville Roundhouse]], c. 1958. | ||
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File:KentvilleRoundHouse_-_1958July.png|Kentville Round House with [[Kentville Machine Shop]] 1958 July 31. | File:KentvilleRoundHouse_-_1958July.png|Kentville Round House with [[Kentville Machine Shop]] 1958 July 31. | ||
| − | File: | + | File:DAR2627-1 clean.jpg|[[DAR2627|No. 2627]], [[:Category:4-6-2|4-6-2]] on the [[Kentville Roundhouse|Kentville turntable lead]] with the [[Kentville Boiler Plant|boiler plant stack]] and [[Kentville Water Tower|water stand pipe]], August 1958. |
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| + | File:Kentville Roundhouse Donaldson.jpg|[[DAR1038|No. 1038]] between the turntable and the [[Kentville Roundhouse]] Sept. 1958. | ||
File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse-Engine 8131 - Harold Jenkins Photo-1959.jpg|The [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with [[CPR8131|locomotive 8131]] on the right, the [[Kentville Machine Shop]] and hose shed on left, and the stack of the [[Canada Foods Plant]] in background, 1959. | File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse-Engine 8131 - Harold Jenkins Photo-1959.jpg|The [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with [[CPR8131|locomotive 8131]] on the right, the [[Kentville Machine Shop]] and hose shed on left, and the stack of the [[Canada Foods Plant]] in background, 1959. | ||
| − | File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse - Engine 8139 - Harold Jenkins Photo-1959.jpg|The [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with [[CPR8139|locomotive 8139]] on the turntable and a [[:Category:S-3|S-3]] locomotive in the roundhouse, with the | + | File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse - Engine 8139 - Harold Jenkins Photo-1959.jpg|The [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with [[CPR8139|locomotive 8139]] on the [[Kentville Turntable|turntable]] and a [[:Category:S-3|S-3]] locomotive in the roundhouse, with the stack of the [[Canada Foods Plant]] in the background, 1959. |
File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse - SW1200 in stalls - Harold Jenkins Photo-1959.JPG|The [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with SW1200 locomotives, the [[Kentville Machine Shop]] and [[Kentville Water Tower|water stand pipe]] on left and a Pacific locomotive on far right, 1959. | File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse - SW1200 in stalls - Harold Jenkins Photo-1959.JPG|The [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with SW1200 locomotives, the [[Kentville Machine Shop]] and [[Kentville Water Tower|water stand pipe]] on left and a Pacific locomotive on far right, 1959. | ||
| − | File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse - SW1200 and Steam Locomotives-Harold Jenkins Photo-1959.jpg|The [[Kentville Roundhouse]] and turntable with steam locomotives, likely [[DAR2209|2209]] and [[DAR2551|2551]] and diesels [[CPR8134|8134]], [[CPR8132|8132]] and [[CPR8131|8131]], 1959. | + | File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse - SW1200 and Steam Locomotives-Harold Jenkins Photo-1959.jpg|The [[Kentville Roundhouse|roundhouse]] and [[Kentville Turntable|turntable]] with steam locomotives, likely [[DAR2209|2209]] and [[DAR2551|2551]] and diesels [[CPR8134|8134]], [[CPR8132|8132]] and [[CPR8131|8131]], 1959. |
| − | File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse - Backside-Harold Jenkins Photo-Summer1959.jpg|Back wall of the [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with the | + | File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse - Backside-Harold Jenkins Photo-Summer1959.jpg|Back wall of the [[Kentville Roundhouse|roundhouse]] with the stack of the [[Canada Foods Plant]] on right, [[Kentville Machine Shop|machine shop]] on left, speeder shed & hose shed centre, and [[Kentville Railyard|railyard]] in foreground, summer 1959. |
File:InsideKentvilleRoundHouse - DAR1046.png|Interior of roundhouse, August 19, 1959, with locomotive [[DAR1046|No. 1046]]. | File:InsideKentvilleRoundHouse - DAR1046.png|Interior of roundhouse, August 19, 1959, with locomotive [[DAR1046|No. 1046]]. | ||
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Image:CPR8138 and 58 Pontiac.jpg|[[CPR8138|No. 8138]], '58 Pontiac [[:Category:Inspection Cars|inspection car]], [[Kentville Coaling Tower]], [[Kentville Roundhouse]], the [[Kentville Water Tower]] and the [[Kentville Car Shop]] all visible from this view of the [[Kentville Railyard]], [[Kentville]] in August 1959. | Image:CPR8138 and 58 Pontiac.jpg|[[CPR8138|No. 8138]], '58 Pontiac [[:Category:Inspection Cars|inspection car]], [[Kentville Coaling Tower]], [[Kentville Roundhouse]], the [[Kentville Water Tower]] and the [[Kentville Car Shop]] all visible from this view of the [[Kentville Railyard]], [[Kentville]] in August 1959. | ||
| − | Image:CPR8131-8132.jpg|[[CPR8131|No. 8131]] and [[CPR8132|No. 8132]] with the [[Kentville Machine Shops|DAR machine shop]] and [[Kentville | + | Image:CPR8131-8132.jpg|[[CPR8131|No. 8131]] and [[CPR8132|No. 8132]] with the [[Kentville Machine Shops|DAR machine shop]] and [[Kentville Turntable|turntable]] on right, and [[Kentville Car Shop|car shops]] and [[Kentville Boiler Plant|power plant]] on left in August 1959. |
Image:CPR8131d.jpg|Deck view of [[Kentville Cornwallis River Bridge|Cornwallis River Bridge]] with [[CPR8131|No. 8131]] at the south end beside the [[Kentville Roundhouse]] in August 1959. | Image:CPR8131d.jpg|Deck view of [[Kentville Cornwallis River Bridge|Cornwallis River Bridge]] with [[CPR8131|No. 8131]] at the south end beside the [[Kentville Roundhouse]] in August 1959. | ||
| − | File:CPR8131f.jpg|[[Kentville | + | File:CPR8131f.jpg|[[Kentville Turntable|turntable]], [[Kentville Boiler Plant|power plant]], [[Kentville Car Shop|car shop]] and [[CPR8131|No. 8131]], from door of [[Kentville Roundhouse|roundhouse]] in August 1959. |
File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse - Stalls closed-Harold Jenkins Photo-Winter1959.jpg|The [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with the [[Kentville Machine Shop]] on left and the [[Kentville Water Tower|water stand pipe]], winter 1959. | File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse - Stalls closed-Harold Jenkins Photo-Winter1959.jpg|The [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with the [[Kentville Machine Shop]] on left and the [[Kentville Water Tower|water stand pipe]], winter 1959. | ||
File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse with SW1200s-12June1960.JPG|The [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with a [[:Category:S-3|S-3]] and SW1200 locomotives in the stalls and the smokestack of the [[Canada Foods Plant]] in background, June 12, 1960. | File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse with SW1200s-12June1960.JPG|The [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with a [[:Category:S-3|S-3]] and SW1200 locomotives in the stalls and the smokestack of the [[Canada Foods Plant]] in background, June 12, 1960. | ||
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| + | File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse with Engine 8134-12June1960.JPG|The [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with diesels Nos. [[CPR8135|8135]], [[CPR8132|8132]], [[CPR8137|8137]], [[CPR8133|8133]], [[CPR8140|8140]], [[CPR8134|8134]], [[DAR000003#Dominion_Atlantic_Railway_Track_Crane_No._3.|DAR Track Crane No. 3]] and the [[Canada Foods Plant]] stack, June 12, 1960. | ||
| − | File:DAR | + | File:DAR 1046 Kentville Turntable Lead.jpg|[[DAR1046|No. 1046]] on the [[Kentville Turntable|turntable]] lead. Date Unknown but suspected to be 1958. |
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| − | Image:CP8136 at Kentville Yard.jpg|[[Kentville]] engine | + | ==The Roundhouse as Warehouse 1961-2007== |
| + | Canadian Pacific moved the servicing of locomotives to the [[Kentville Car Shop|Car Shop]] in 1961 and stopped using the roundhouse. It was leased to the [[Canada Foods Plant|(later Great Valley Juices]] for use as a warehouse, although the turntable remained in use to turn locomotives and RDCs. After the railway abandoned Kentville in 1993, the [[Kentville Turntable|turntable]] was purchased and moved to the New Ross area, repurposed as a bridge on a private road.<ref>Personal communication with Leon Barron, 2000</ref> The roundhouse remained the last remaining railway structure in Kentville until it was demolished July 9 to 13, 2007 by the Town of Kentville to make way for a private seniors complex, despite a province-wide protest advocating adaptive re-use for the historic structure. | ||
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| + | Image:CP8136 at Kentville Yard.jpg|[[Kentville]] engine facilities,July 20, 1967. Visible are: [[Kentville Coaling Tower|the Coaling Tower]], Engine [[CPR8136|No. 8136]], the [[Kentville Roundhouse|Roundhouse]] and the corner of the [[Kentville Car Shop|Car Shop]]. | ||
Image:CPR8131a.jpg|[[CPR8131|No. 8131]] on a Kingsport local run passes the [[Kentville Roundhouse]] on July 20, 1967. | Image:CPR8131a.jpg|[[CPR8131|No. 8131]] on a Kingsport local run passes the [[Kentville Roundhouse]] on July 20, 1967. | ||
File:DAR - RoundHouse - Kentville-Harold Jenkins Photo-18June1970.JPG|The [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with the [[Kentville Machine Shop]] foundation in foreground, June 18, 1970. | File:DAR - RoundHouse - Kentville-Harold Jenkins Photo-18June1970.JPG|The [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with the [[Kentville Machine Shop]] foundation in foreground, June 18, 1970. | ||
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| + | File:Comeau roundhouse 1970s.jpg|[[Kentville Roundhouse]] with the foundations of the [[Kentville Machine Shop]] in the foreground and the [[Canada Foods Plant]] in the background, circa 1974-1975. | ||
File:Slide 42 - 3 may 76.JPG| Side shot of [[Kentville Roundhouse]], May 3, 1976. | File:Slide 42 - 3 may 76.JPG| Side shot of [[Kentville Roundhouse]], May 3, 1976. | ||
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| − | File:Slide 78 - 6 may 76.JPG | Looking out from the [[Kentville | + | File:Slide 78 - 6 may 76.JPG | Looking out from the [[Kentville Turntable|turntable]] into the [[Kentville Railyard]] May 6, 1976 |
File:Slide 8 - may 76.JPG| Kentville Roundhouse - May 6, 1976. | File:Slide 8 - may 76.JPG| Kentville Roundhouse - May 6, 1976. | ||
| + | File:DAR - Roundhouse - Kentville - Harold Jenkins Photo-16March1980.jpg|[[Kentville Roundhouse]] and [[Kentville Railyard]] on March 16, 1980. | ||
| + | Image:Appleblossomspecial9.jpg|[[VIA6781|VIA 6781]] on the [[Kentville Turntable]] with the [[Kentville Roundhouse]] behind, reversing direction for its return trip to [[Halifax]], May 30, 1987. | ||
| − | File:Tupper10.jpg|[[Kentville Roundhouse]], turntable, south, east and north walls, 1990. | + | File:PeterSayers094 1.jpg|[[Kentville Roundhouse]] doors, May 29, 1989. |
| − | + | File:Tupper10.jpg|[[Kentville Roundhouse]], [[Kentville Turntable|turntable]], south, east and north walls, 1990. | |
File:Tupper9.jpg|[[Kentville Roundhouse]], south wall, April 12, 2005. | File:Tupper9.jpg|[[Kentville Roundhouse]], south wall, April 12, 2005. | ||
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The Dominion Atlantic Railway's locomotives were serviced in a series of roundhouse and machine shop buildings located at the west end of the Kentville Railyard. They grew from a 3-stall engine shed in 1868 to a 6-stall roundhouse in 1916 and then a 10-stall roundhouse in 1926. The roundhouse continued to service locomotives into the diesel era until 1961 when it became a apple juice warehouse. The building survived to become one of the last railway roundhouses in Atlantic Canada. It was demolished by the town of Kentville, despite a province-wide protest in 2007.
The First Three Stall Roundhouse/Engine House 1868-1915
The Windsor and Annapolis Railway built the first turntable and engine house at Kentville in 1868 south of the mainline. It consisted of a three stall engine house[1] and a covered turntable with an attached machine shop, 220' x 57' in total size.[2]. In 1874, it was described as an L-shaped building, 140' x 58'.[3] It burned in a fire on July 8, 1915 which also destroyed two locomotives inside the sheds, No. 12 and No. 22, although firefighters managed to save the attached Machine Shop.[4]
Lightning, a broad gauge locomotive in front of the W&AR Engine House and Machine Shop, 1872.
Bird's Eve View of Kentville Nova Scotia 1879: detail showing W&AR engine house, machine shop and blacksmith shop, 1879.
Kentville Roundhouse and the Machine Shop with Locomtive No. 36, DAR steam Shovel 850 and the DAR blacksmith shop on the left, circa 1915.
The Six Stall roundhouse 1916-1926
A replacement roundhouse was built in 1916, north of the mainline near the Cornwallis River Bridge where DAR subsidiary the Cornwallis Valley Railway branched off for Kingsport. The six-stall roundhouse was built in the fall of 1916 by the DAR's Bridge and Building department led by foreman H. Dalton following their construction of small enginehouses at Middleton and Windsor.[5], with a manual 70-foot turntable serving the six stalls[6] as well as several outside storage tracks.
A Pilling Air Motor was installed on the turntable by 1920.[7] The turntable was standard CPR design for a 70 foot half deck plate girder turntable, one of 60 of this model built by the Dominion Bridge Company and the Canadian Bridge Company for the railway across Canada.[8] (A similar model served the CPR's Kettle Valley Railway and its plans can be seen online in the footnote link.)[9]
Major roof repairs were made in May 1924 after a violent wind storm blew away portions of the roundhouse roof on May 1, 1924.[10]
Kentville Six Stall Roundhouse, soon after construction, circa 1916.
Kentville Roundhouse, the Kentville Cornwallis River Bridge and Engineer's Rest Bunk House during a flood, circa 1920-1926.
Kentville Cornwallis River Bridge with the Kentville Roundhouse and Engineer's Rest Bunk House in background during a flood, circa 1920-1926.
DAR Locomotive No. 28 at the end of its DAR career beside the six stall Kentville Roundhouse, 1922.
Detail from Kentville Track Schematic showing Kentville Roundhouse, Kentville Machine Shop and Kentville Water Tower, circa 1920.
Annotated detail Kentville Fire Insurance Map showing the Kentville Roundhouse, Kentville Machine Shop and Kentville Railyard, Aug. 1921.
The Ten Stall Roundhouse 1926-1960
The roundhouse was expanded in 1926, with work being announced in March[11] with four new stalls being added.[12] The ten-stall roundhouse was complete and in use by the end of the year.[13] The new stalls filled in the storage tracks next to the Kentville Machine Shop.
The roundhouse stalls were numbered from south to north, starting with Stall No. 1 closest to the mainline and ending with Stall No. 10 near the Cornwallis River.[14] Stalls 5 to 10 were extended to accommodate arrival of Pacific locomotives in 1936.[15]
Roundhouse dimensions were:
- South wall: 80' 6"
- North wall: 83' 7"
- Rear (west) wall of each stall: 27' 5" wide
- Doors: Four south doors, 13' 4" wide, Six North Doors 13' wide. Doors separated by 10" posts[16]
Kentville Roundhouse with numbered stalls, 1927. Locomotive No. 39 visible in Stall No. 5.
No. 544 on the turntable, circa 1930 with Kentville Roundhouse staff. The water tower stands at its first location by the turntable, before it was moved closer to the river.
Note left by workers expanding the roundhouse in 1938.
"Time Capsule" container for 1938 workers' note.
Locomotive No. 2552 on the turntable with the Machine Shop and the Boiler Plant in background, circa 1942.
No. 2511 at the Kentville Roundhouse with stall No. 10 and the Kentville Water Tower stand pipe after the tower was moved about 1943.
Locomotive No. 1090 on the turntable with the Kentville Water Tower in background, circa 1944.
Locomotive No. 470 on the turntable with the Water Tower in background, circa 1944.
Kentville roundhouse, turntable and machine shop from the coaling tower, 1940s or 50s.
The Canada Foods Plant with stalls 8, 9 & 10 of the Kentville Roundhouse, plus the Kentville Water Tower, the Cornwallis River Bridge and the Spillway Trestle in 1949.
Train No. 14 arriving at Kentville led by No. 470. engine terminal at left. water stand pipe in centre. August 1949.
Inspection car M-107 at the Kentville Roundhouse on Kentville August 30, 1953.
Inspection car M-107 beside the roundhouse in Kentville on July 3, 1954.
DAR Kentville switcher No. 6227 beside the Kentville Roundhouse with the Kentville Cornwallis River Bridge and one of the Kentville Section Houses in background, circa 1956.
No. 6227 in front of Kentville Roundhouse on August 27, 1956. Visible as well, boiler plant and smoke stack, turntable, water stand pipe, coaling tower and sanding tower.
turntable view of CPR No. 6227 at Kentville on August 27, 1956. Visible as well, boiler plant and smoke stack, water stand pipe and coaling tower.
No. 2526 arrives with Train No. 12 from Kingsport on Aug. 27, 1956. Visible as well, switcher No. 6227, water stand pipe, coaling tower, sanding tower, track crane.
No. 6227 in front of the turntable with the water standpipe behind on August 27, 1956.
DAR locomotive 1046 in the Kentville Roundhouse, c. 1958.
Crane No. 3 beside the Kentville Roundhouse with the Machine Shop in the background, c.1958.
Kentville Round House with Kentville Machine Shop 1958 July 31.
No. 2627, 4-6-2 on the Kentville turntable lead with the boiler plant stack and water stand pipe, August 1958.
No. 1038 between the turntable and the Kentville Roundhouse Sept. 1958.
The Kentville Roundhouse with locomotive 8131 on the right, the Kentville Machine Shop and hose shed on left, and the stack of the Canada Foods Plant in background, 1959.
The Kentville Roundhouse with locomotive 8139 on the turntable and a S-3 locomotive in the roundhouse, with the stack of the Canada Foods Plant in the background, 1959.
The Kentville Roundhouse with SW1200 locomotives, the Kentville Machine Shop and water stand pipe on left and a Pacific locomotive on far right, 1959.
Back wall of the roundhouse with the stack of the Canada Foods Plant on right, machine shop on left, speeder shed & hose shed centre, and railyard in foreground, summer 1959.
Interior of roundhouse, August 19, 1959, with locomotive No. 1046.
Engine 1046 in the Kentville Roundhouse, August 19, 1959.
No. 8138, '58 Pontiac inspection car, Kentville Coaling Tower, Kentville Roundhouse, the Kentville Water Tower and the Kentville Car Shop all visible from this view of the Kentville Railyard, Kentville in August 1959.
No. 8131 and No. 8132 with the DAR machine shop and turntable on right, and car shops and power plant on left in August 1959.
Deck view of Cornwallis River Bridge with No. 8131 at the south end beside the Kentville Roundhouse in August 1959.
turntable, power plant, car shop and No. 8131, from door of roundhouse in August 1959.
The Kentville Roundhouse with the Kentville Machine Shop on left and the water stand pipe, winter 1959.
The Kentville Roundhouse with a S-3 and SW1200 locomotives in the stalls and the smokestack of the Canada Foods Plant in background, June 12, 1960.
The Kentville Roundhouse with diesels Nos. 8135, 8132, 8137, 8133, 8140, 8134, DAR Track Crane No. 3 and the Canada Foods Plant stack, June 12, 1960.
The Roundhouse as Warehouse 1961-2007
Canadian Pacific moved the servicing of locomotives to the Car Shop in 1961 and stopped using the roundhouse. It was leased to the (later Great Valley Juices for use as a warehouse, although the turntable remained in use to turn locomotives and RDCs. After the railway abandoned Kentville in 1993, the turntable was purchased and moved to the New Ross area, repurposed as a bridge on a private road.[17] The roundhouse remained the last remaining railway structure in Kentville until it was demolished July 9 to 13, 2007 by the Town of Kentville to make way for a private seniors complex, despite a province-wide protest advocating adaptive re-use for the historic structure.
Kentville engine facilities,July 20, 1967. Visible are: the Coaling Tower, Engine No. 8136, the Roundhouse and the corner of the Car Shop.
No. 8131 on a Kingsport local run passes the Kentville Roundhouse on July 20, 1967.
The Kentville Roundhouse with the Kentville Machine Shop foundation in foreground, June 18, 1970.
Kentville Roundhouse with the foundations of the Kentville Machine Shop in the foreground and the Canada Foods Plant in the background, circa 1974-1975.
Side shot of Kentville Roundhouse, May 3, 1976.
Looking out from the turntable into the Kentville Railyard May 6, 1976
Kentville Roundhouse - May 6, 1976.
Kentville Roundhouse and Kentville Railyard on March 16, 1980.
VIA 6781 on the Kentville Turntable with the Kentville Roundhouse behind, reversing direction for its return trip to Halifax, May 30, 1987.
Kentville Roundhouse doors, May 29, 1989.
Kentville Roundhouse, turntable, south, east and north walls, 1990.
Kentville Roundhouse, south wall, April 12, 2005.
The Kentville Railyard and the Kentville Roundhouse, October 29, 2005.
The Kentville Railyard and the Kentville Roundhouse after removal of all tracks, June 25, 2007.
The Kentville Railyard and the Kentville Roundhouse east wall, June 25, 2007.
Composite panoramic photo of the Kentville Roundhouse,north and east walls facing former turntable pit, June 25, 2007.
Composite panoramic photo of the Kentville Roundhouse, showing the windows of stalls 5, 4, 3, 2 & 1, June 25, 2007.
Composite panoramic photo of the Kentville Roundhouse, showing the windows of stalls 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5, June 25, 2007.
Stall 9 window Kentville Roundhouse, June 29, 2007.
Stall 8 window Kentville Roundhouse, June 29, 2007.
Stall 7 window Kentville Roundhouse, June 25, 2007.
Stall 6 window Kentville Roundhouse, June 25, 2007.
Stall 5 window Kentville Roundhouse, June 29, 2007.
Stall 4 window Kentville Roundhouse, June 29, 2007.
Stall 4 window Kentville Roundhouse, June 29, 2007.
Stall 3 window Kentville Roundhouse, June 29, 2007.
Stall 2 window Kentville Roundhouse, June 29, 2007.
Stall 1 window Kentville Roundhouse, June 29, 2007.
Demolition of the first four stalls of the Kentville Roundhouse, July 9, 2007.
Tom Tupper documents the Kentville Roundhouse demolition, July 9, 2007.
Ruins of the first four stalls of the Kentville Roundhouse, July 9, 2007.
Cross section of ruined Stall No. 5 of the Kentville Roundhouse, July 9, 2007.
Remnants of the last five stalls of the Kentville Roundhouse, July 9, 2007.
The Kentville Roundhouse demolition, July 10, 2007.
The demolition of the last portions of the Kentville Roundhouse, July 10, 2007.
Site of the Kentville Roundhouse after demolition, Oct. 21, 2007.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Marguerite Woodworth, History of the Dominion Atlantic, Dominion Atlantic Railway (1936) page 64
- ↑ "Windsor and Annapolis Railway Celebrates First Year of Operation", Daily British Colonist, 25 August 1870
- ↑ Alexander MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873, (1873), page 22
- ↑ "KENTVILLE HIT BY ANOTHER FIRE The D.A.R. Roundhouse and Engine Sheds Burned and Two Locomotives Destroyed", Digby Courier, July 9, 1915, Carl Riff Notes
- ↑ The Weekly Monitor, August 23, 1916
- ↑ Some sources say the roundhouse started with five stalls but a report in The Weekly Monitor, August 23, 1916 and a tour by a Halifax journalist in 1928 indicates 6 original stalls, with four added in 1926, Halifax Herald, May 1, 1928, Carl Riff notes.
- ↑ Canadian Railway and Marine World, "Projected Lines, Construction Betterments, Etc. Work in 1920", November 1920
- ↑ "CPR Standard 70' Turntable",C.P. Tracks, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Dec. 1994), p. 16-17
- ↑ [http://kettlevalleymodelrailway.blogspot.com/2015/03/cpr-70-half-deck-turntable.html "CPR 70' HALF DECK TURNTABLE", KETTLE VALLEY MODEL RAILWAY , Thursday, March 5, 2015]
- ↑ "Kentville May 1", Halifax Herald, May 1, 1924
- ↑ The expansion was announced in the Kentville Advertiser March 26, 1926
- ↑ Halifax Chroncile Herald, May 1, 1928, Carl Riff notes. The article describes a tour by Halifax journalist who notes that four stalls were added in 1926.
- ↑ Halifax Chronicle Herald, Feb. 6, 1927, Carl Riff notes. Tour by Rotary group notes the roundhouse is complete and in service.
- ↑ Stall numbers are shown in Harold Jenkins 1927 photo and Canada Science and Technology 1943 photo of Locomotive 2511 (STR08416a).
- ↑ "Railway Notes", Kentville Advertiser, Oct. 15, 1936
- ↑ Dimensions based on onsite measurements by Dan Conlin and Leon Barron and a 1980 drainage plan of the Canada Foods plant from Graves Ltd.
- ↑ Personal communication with Leon Barron, 2000
