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Mile 12.1 [[:Category:Subdivision Weston|Subdivison Weston]] | Mile 12.1 [[:Category:Subdivision Weston|Subdivison Weston]] | ||
| − | Next Station west: [[Weston]] | + | * Next Station west: [[Weston]] |
| − | Next Station east: [[Grafton]] | + | * Next Station east: [[Grafton]] |
Spur for Welsford Fruit Company warehouse, Spicer Road, Mile 11.19 | Spur for Welsford Fruit Company warehouse, Spicer Road, Mile 11.19 | ||
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Image:Somerset train wreck.jpg|Someset train wreck, 1923 | Image:Somerset train wreck.jpg|Someset train wreck, 1923 | ||
| − | Image:100 1367.jpg | + | Image:100 1367.jpg|Roadbed heading west from Spicer Road to Somerset, 2007 |
| − | Image:100 1368.jpg | + | Image:100 1368.jpg|Roadbed heading east from Spicer Road to Grafton, 2007 |
| − | Image:100 1360.jpg | + | Image:100 1360.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]] overall view from south, 2007h |
| − | Image:100 1361.jpg | + | Image:100 1361.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]] dormer details, 2007 |
| − | Image:100 1362.jpg | + | Image:100 1362.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]] dormer details, 2007 |
| − | Image:100 1363.jpg | + | Image:100 1363.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]] basement, 2007 |
| − | Image:100 1364.jpg | + | Image:100 1364.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]] basement, 2007 |
| − | Image:100 1365.jpg | + | Image:100 1365.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]], detail of eave bracket, 2007 |
| − | Image:100 1366.jpg | + | Image:100 1366.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]], door detail, 2007 |
| − | Image:100 1369.jpg | + | Image:100 1369.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]], ventilator detail, 2007 |
| − | Image:100 1370.jpg | + | Image:100 1370.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]], ventilator detail, 2007 |
| − | Image:100 1372.jpg | + | Image:100 1372.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]], ventilator detail, 2007 |
| − | Image:100 1373.jpg | + | Image:100 1373.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]], window detail, 2007 |
</Gallery> | </Gallery> | ||
Revision as of 17:39, 17 February 2013
Somerset, Nova Scotia
Mile 12.1 Subdivison Weston
Spur for Welsford Fruit Company warehouse, Spicer Road, Mile 11.19
Station, travelling agent, Mile 12.1 The Somerset station was the only North Mountain Line Station which did not also serve as a dwelling for the section foreman. After the line closed the Somerset and Weston stations were purchased by Charles Adams of Berwick who demolished the Weston station but moved the Somerset Station to Berwick where it was converted to a house which still stands on South Street.(1)
Siding for 19 cars and engine
Spur, 566 feet/11 cars, for two fruit warehouses
Gallery
Someset train wreck, 1923
Roadbed heading west from Spicer Road to Somerset, 2007
Roadbed heading east from Spicer Road to Grafton, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse overall view from south, 2007h
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse dormer details, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse dormer details, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse basement, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse basement, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse, detail of eave bracket, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse, door detail, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse, ventilator detail, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse, ventilator detail, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse, ventilator detail, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse, window detail, 2007
References and Footnotes
(1) The Weston Branch and Margaretville in Nova Scotia by Elizabeth M. Clarke, page 13
- Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, PMP - HE.2804 DC
- 1915 North Mountain Line Track Profile, Library and Archives Canada, RG 12M 77803/17 Item 782
