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File:Quarries.jpg|[[:Category:Gypsum_Trains|gypsum quarry]] spurs in the [[Windsor]], [[Dimock's]] and [[Newport]] areas, from geological map, 1909. | File:Quarries.jpg|[[:Category:Gypsum_Trains|gypsum quarry]] spurs in the [[Windsor]], [[Dimock's]] and [[Newport]] areas, from geological map, 1909. | ||
| + | File:N-5120.jpg|[[:Category:Gypsum Trains|Gypsum Train]] being loaded, probably at Mosher Quarry in [[Newport]] hauled by [[DAR0025|DAR locomotive No. 25]], circa 1920. | ||
Image:DAR0018c.jpg|[[DAR0018|"Digby"]] at Mosher's Quarry, at [[Newport]], near Windsor circa 1923. | Image:DAR0018c.jpg|[[DAR0018|"Digby"]] at Mosher's Quarry, at [[Newport]], near Windsor circa 1923. | ||
File:Windsor_21_A16_East.jpg|Topographic map from Falmouth to Ellershouse circa 1956. | File:Windsor_21_A16_East.jpg|Topographic map from Falmouth to Ellershouse circa 1956. | ||
Revision as of 22:11, 6 May 2017
Newport, Nova Scotia
Mile 26.11 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision (Mile 41.92 from Halifax)
- Next Station East: Hartville
- Next Station West: Three Mile Plains
Facilities & Features
- Spur to Moshers Gypsum Quarry at Mile 26.51
Commerce & Industry
Newport was the location of numerous gypsum quarries in the early 20th century, several with spurs to the DAR Mainline.
Description & History
Operations & Orders
Gallery
gypsum quarry spurs in the Windsor, Dimock's and Newport areas, from geological map, 1909.
Gypsum Train being loaded, probably at Mosher Quarry in Newport hauled by DAR locomotive No. 25, circa 1920.
Topographic map from Falmouth to Ellershouse circa 1956.
