Difference between revisions of "Digby Water Tower"

Latest revision as of 07:23, 18 May 2025

Digby was served by a 25,000 gallon water tower, a standard semi-enclosed CPR water tower design built in 1920.^[1]

It is noted that the tower base in 1937 was white but in 1949 it had been painted maroon. This can help date some photos.

Postcard of Digby Station and Water Tower with eastbound DAR passenger train, 1921.
locomotive No. 26 with locomotive No. 547 at Digby with the Digby Water Tower, circa 1937.
DAR No. 541 with freight at Digby Station with Digby Water Tower in background, October 1949.
No. 2515 at the Digby Water Tower, circa 1946-1950.
Locomotive No. 929 and engineer, at Digby Water Tower, circa 1950.
West end of Digby Station, water tower and yard on July 3, 1954.
Train No. 98 arrives at Digby Station in Digby behind No. 2617 on July 3, 1954.
Train No. 98 with coach No. 2102 at Digby depot, Digby, waiting to go to dock on July 3, 1954. Note the Digby Water Tower.
No. 1111, waits while No. 2617 drops express car off on track no. 5 in front of Digby Station July 3, 1954, Digby.
No. 2617 departing with Train No. 98 on July 3, 1954. No. 1111 will handle way freight east. Digby Water Tower in background of Digby Railyard.
Engine No. 2627 at the Digby Railyard by the watertower in July 1956.
Digby Station, with the Digby Water Tower in background, photographed by Harold Jenkins, circa June 1959.

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 ==Gallery==
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+File:Digby Station 1925 postcard.jpg|Postcard of [[Digby Station]] and [[Digby Water Tower|Water Tower]] with eastbound DAR passenger train, 1921.
 File:DAR26&547.jpg|[[DAR0026|locomotive No. 26]] with [[DAR0547|locomotive No. 547]] at [[Digby]] with the [[Digby Water Tower]], circa 1937.
 File:DAR CPR 541 (Saxony 1903 or 1904) at Digby Oct 1949.jpg|[[DAR0541|DAR No. 541]] with freight at [[Digby Station]] with [[Digby Water Tower]] in background, October 1949.