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| − | Image:KentvilleYarda.jpg|Kentville Yard and station looking west circa 1890 | + | Image:KentvilleYarda.jpg|[[Kentville]] Yard and station looking west circa 1890 |
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| − | Image:470 at Kentville, NS with Kingsport mixed.jpg|At Kentville 1954 with Kingsport Mixed. | + | Image:470 at Kentville, NS with Kingsport mixed.jpg|At [[Kentville]] 1954 with Kingsport Mixed. |
Image:CP8131a.jpg|CP [[CPR8131|No. 8131]] leading freight at [[Kentville]] on July 20, 1967. Crane [[DAR414324| No. 414324]] is in background. | Image:CP8131a.jpg|CP [[CPR8131|No. 8131]] leading freight at [[Kentville]] on July 20, 1967. Crane [[DAR414324| No. 414324]] is in background. | ||
Image:CPR414324.jpg|Steam Crane [[DAR414324| No. 414324]] in [[Kentville]] yards in August 1973. | Image:CPR414324.jpg|Steam Crane [[DAR414324| No. 414324]] in [[Kentville]] yards in August 1973. | ||
Revision as of 18:37, 13 April 2008
Kentville, Nova Scotia
Originally settled by the Acadians, it was named Horton's Corner by the British after the expulsion of the Acadians but was renamed to Kentville in 1826 after the Duke of Kent, Prince Edward Augustus at that time.
Still a smaller community than it's neighbors Canning and Wolfville, Kentville experienced economic growth after the Windsor and Annapolis Railway established their operational headquarters here in 1868. In 1894 the amalgamation of the Windsor and Anapolis Railway and the Western Counties Railway led to the formation of the Dominion Atlantic Railway. It's corporate offices like the Windsor and Annapolis were located in London, England. After the 1911 lease to Canadian Pacific Railway the corporate offices were moved to Montreal, Quebec but the day to day operational headquarters remained in Kentville to the very end.
The headquarters and Kentville train station were demolished in 1990. The roundhouse was demolished in 2007.
Kentville Yard and station looking west circa 1890
Kentville Yard and station looking west circa 1890
At Kentville 1954 with Kingsport Mixed.
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CP No. 8131 leading freight at Kentville on July 20, 1967. Crane No. 414324 is in background.
Steam Crane No. 414324 in Kentville yards in August 1973.
Steam Crane No. 414324 in Kentville yards in August 1974. Appears to be in the same place as in 1967.
