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Mile 44.47 on the [[:Category:Subdivision Kentville|Kentville Subdivision]], just east of the [[Bridgetown Station]] | Mile 44.47 on the [[:Category:Subdivision Kentville|Kentville Subdivision]], just east of the [[Bridgetown Station]] | ||
| − | The first railway crossing at [[Bridgetown]] over the Annapolis River was completed in 1869 and was described by W. W. Clarke as a covered railway bridge.<ref>[[W.W. Clarke]], [[Clarke's History of the Earliest Railways in Nova Scotia]], page 38.</ref> It was replaced by an iron truss bridge in 1881.<ref>Elizabeth Ruggles Coward, ''Bridgetown, Nova Scoita: its History Until 1900'', Kentville Publishing, 1955, page 229.</ref> The final bridge was a 155- | + | The first railway crossing at [[Bridgetown]] over the Annapolis River was completed in 1869 and was described by W. W. Clarke as a covered railway bridge.<ref>[[W.W. Clarke]], [[Clarke's History of the Earliest Railways in Nova Scotia]], page 38.</ref> It was replaced by an iron truss bridge in 1881.<ref>Elizabeth Ruggles Coward, ''Bridgetown, Nova Scoita: its History Until 1900'', Kentville Publishing, 1955, page 229.</ref> The final bridge was a 155-foot long steel through truss bridge.<ref>[[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|DAR Memorandum of General Information, page 13]]</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:21, 20 December 2019
Bridgetown Bridge
Mile 44.47 on the Kentville Subdivision, just east of the Bridgetown Station
The first railway crossing at Bridgetown over the Annapolis River was completed in 1869 and was described by W. W. Clarke as a covered railway bridge.[1] It was replaced by an iron truss bridge in 1881.[2] The final bridge was a 155-foot long steel through truss bridge.[3]
Gallery
No. 18 at the bridge, Bridgetown.
Bridgetown Station with the Bridgetown Bridge in background, circa 1920.
Aerial view of Bridgetown, apple warehouses at upper left, DAR bridge at centre. July, 1931.
The Bridgetown Bridge just east of the station and facing east on August 30, 2011.
A close look at the Bridgetown Bridge on August 30, 2011.
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References
- ↑ W.W. Clarke, Clarke's History of the Earliest Railways in Nova Scotia, page 38.
- ↑ Elizabeth Ruggles Coward, Bridgetown, Nova Scoita: its History Until 1900, Kentville Publishing, 1955, page 229.
- ↑ DAR Memorandum of General Information, page 13
