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| − | File:DAR - Postcard - Middleton Yard East End - Pre 1915 Summer time.jpg| Pre 1915 East End looking West | + | File:DAR - Postcard - Middleton Yard East End - Pre 1915 Summer time.jpg| Pre 1915 East End looking West. |
| + | File:KA - 24Sept1918 - Halifax Excursions.jpg|DAR specials [[Middleton]] to [[Coldbrook]] in [[:Category:The Advertiser|The Kentville ''Advertiser'']], Sept. 24, 1918. | ||
Image:Middleton Railyard 1956.jpg|[[Middleton Railyard]], [[Middleton Station|Station]], [[Middleton Freight Shed|Freight Shed]] and [[Middleton Water Tower|Water Tower]] on August 27, 1956. | Image:Middleton Railyard 1956.jpg|[[Middleton Railyard]], [[Middleton Station|Station]], [[Middleton Freight Shed|Freight Shed]] and [[Middleton Water Tower|Water Tower]] on August 27, 1956. | ||
Image:DAR1046c.jpg|[[DAR1046|No. 1046]] at [[Middleton]] on August 27, 1956. | Image:DAR1046c.jpg|[[DAR1046|No. 1046]] at [[Middleton]] on August 27, 1956. | ||
Revision as of 11:06, 7 September 2019
Middleton, Nova Scotia
Subdivision Kentville, Mile 30.9, Elevation 70'
Facilities & Features
- Middleton Railyard
- Wye at this point
- Middleton Enginehouse
- Middleton Station
- Middleton Freight Shed
- Middleton Water Tower
- Middleton Stock Pen
Commerce & Industry
Local Industries Served By Rail
- G. N. Reagh & Son (flour and feed, farm equipment)
- T R A Limited (wholesale grocers)
- A. W. Allen & Son (woodworking factory)
- Twin City Dairy Ltd (dairy mfg and frozen food products distribution)
- Imperial Oil (bulk dealer)
- Gulf Canada Ltd (bulk dealer)
- Mosher Hardware
Description & History
1969-MemoOfGenInfo lists Middleton as:
- Population: 1505
- Junction of Canadian National Railway, Middleton subdivision, 15 miles of which runs parallel to our tracks between Middleton and Bridgetown. Station facilities used by both companies, under D.A.R. control.
Operations & Orders
Gallery
Pre 1915 East End looking West.
DAR specials Middleton to Coldbrook in The Kentville Advertiser, Sept. 24, 1918.
Middleton Railyard, Station, Freight Shed and Water Tower on August 27, 1956.
Middleton Station, photographed by Harold Jenkins, June 1959.
Middleton Station arrival and departure board, 1962.
Aerial Survey of Middleton & Nictaux NS, July 8, 1977
D.A.R. trackage in Middleton, 1977.
No. 9064 at Middleton in front of Middleton Station in August 1978.
Former Farmer's Margarine Plant on September 7, 2015.
Rail still in place on Victoria St.
Rail still in place on Victoria St.
References & Footnotes
- Alexander MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873
- 1969 Memorandum of General Information
