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File:CSTM-STR08411a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR1090|No. 1090]] on the [[Kentville Roundhouse|turntable]] with the [[Kentville Water Tower|water tower]] in the background at Kentville on May 2, 1939. | File:CSTM-STR08411a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR1090|No. 1090]] on the [[Kentville Roundhouse|turntable]] with the [[Kentville Water Tower|water tower]] in the background at Kentville on May 2, 1939. | ||
Image:DAR0044 Kentville 1942-06-09 James Bowie SGM-B0046.jpg|[[DAR0044|No. 44]] at the [[Kentville Water Tower]] on June 9, 1942. | Image:DAR0044 Kentville 1942-06-09 James Bowie SGM-B0046.jpg|[[DAR0044|No. 44]] at the [[Kentville Water Tower]] on June 9, 1942. | ||
| + | File:CSTM-STR08416a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2511|No. 2511]] at the [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with the [[Kentville Water Tower]] stand pipe after the tower was removed about 1943. | ||
Image:CPR8131c.jpg|[[CPR8131|No. 8131]] in front of the [[Kentville]] water tower in August 1959. | Image:CPR8131c.jpg|[[CPR8131|No. 8131]] in front of the [[Kentville]] water tower in August 1959. | ||
Image:DAR0470d.jpg|[[Train No. 14]] arriving at Kentville led by [[DAR0470|No. 470]]. [[Kentville Roundhouse|engine terminal]] at left. [[Kentville Water Tower|water stand pipe]] in centre. August 1949. | Image:DAR0470d.jpg|[[Train No. 14]] arriving at Kentville led by [[DAR0470|No. 470]]. [[Kentville Roundhouse|engine terminal]] at left. [[Kentville Water Tower|water stand pipe]] in centre. August 1949. | ||
Revision as of 19:37, 20 February 2015
Kentville Water Tower
A standard enclosed wooden water tower, it was at first located by the turntable and had two discharge pies, one by the roundhouse lead and the other on the Kingsport branch line. The tower was shifted closer to the river about 1943 and replaced at the turntable lead by a water stand pipe.
Gallery
No. 544 on the turntable, circa 1930. The water tower , on the far right, occupies its first location, before it was moved & replaced with a stand pipe.
No. 1090 on the turntable with the water tower in the background at Kentville on May 2, 1939.
No. 44 at the Kentville Water Tower on June 9, 1942.
No. 2511 at the Kentville Roundhouse with the Kentville Water Tower stand pipe after the tower was removed about 1943.
Train No. 14 arriving at Kentville led by No. 470. engine terminal at left. water stand pipe in centre. August 1949.
Locomotive No. 2551 in front of the Kentville Machine Shop by the stand pipe of the Kentville Water Tower, August 30, 1953.
2551 near water tower in Kentville Yard 1953-08-30 (looking southwards)
No. 6227 in front of Kentville Roundhouse on August 27, 1956. Visible as well, boiler plant and smoke stack, roundhouse turntable, water stand pipe, coaling tower and sanding tower.
Roundhouse turntable view of CPR No. 6227 at Kentville on August 27, 1956. Visible as well, boiler plant and smoke stack, water stand pipe, coaling tower and sanding tower.
No. 2526 arriving at Kentville with Train No. 12 from Kingsport on August 27, 1956. Visible as well, yard switcher No. 6227, roundhouse turntable, water stand pipe, coaling tower, sanding tower, track crane and boiler plant smoke stack.
No. 6227 in front of the turntable with the water standpipe behind on August 27, 1956.
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No. 2627, 4-6-2 on the Kentville turntable lead with the boiler plant stack and water stand pipe, August 1958.
No. 8138 leading wayfreight at Kentville leaving for Windsor Junction in August 1959. Visible is the Kentville Coaling Tower and the Kentville Water Tower from this view of the Kentville Railyard.
No. 8138, '58 Pontiac inspection car, Kentville Coaling Tower, Kentville Roundhouse, the Kentville Water Tower and the Kentville Car Shop all visible from this view of the Kentville Railyard, Kentville in August 1959.
View of the Kentville Railyard looking east from the roundhouse in 1961.
