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Kentville Station
The Kentville station was built in 1869 by the Windsor and Annapolis Railway. It served as divisional and corporate headquarters for the DAR as well as serving Kentville's passenger, baggage and telegraph traffic. A lunch room also operated in the west end of the station for most of its history. A 30 foot baggage room was added to the east in 1889.[1] A major addition, designed in 1902 and completed by 1904, added a central tower, all-round platform awnings and a 40 foot extension to the west. Another 40 foot extension with six dormers was added to the west in 1920. The station was initially a straw yellow colour with dark red trim. It was given an a dark red and black trim paint scheme in World War Two. The platform awnings were gradually cut back over the years and many offices became vacant as Canadian Pacific centralized operations. In 1970, the dispatcher's office was closed as the CP office in Saint John took over dispatching duties.[2] VIA Rail moved its passenger service out of the old station in May 1988.[3] VIA's new station was a brick structure with a tower that echoed the tower of the old wooden DAR station. It was built at a cost of $240,000. The new station opened for passengers in late May and was officially opened in June.[4] The new station served only a year and a half until passenger service was canceled. The DAR's wooden station was demolished in 1990. The VIA brick station was purchased by the Town of Kentville. It first served as a bus station but since May 2018 has been leased to the Kentville Historical Society as a heritage centre which includes a room dedicated to the history of the DAR inn Kentville.[5]
Windsor & Annapolis Railway Wood Station 1869 - 1889
The original Station 74' x 32' in size with a 350' platform, 12' wide. On the freight station side the platform measured 260' x 12'. The two story station housed the general office upstairs.[6]
Station painted straw yellow with dark red and white trim.
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The first recorded photo of the Kentville Station taken in August 1869, also showing the Freight Shed and Car Shop.
Kentville Station and Yard July 27, 1871
Kentville Station and Yar 27 July 1871.
Evangeline & St. Croix at Kentville Station 1872.
Bird's Eve View of Kentville Nova Scotia 1879: detail showing W&AR Kentville Station and Freight Shed, 1879.
Dominion Atlantic Railway Wood Station 1889 - 1904
Original station with a 30 foot baggage room added to the east in the 1889[7].
Station painted straw yellow with dark red and white trim.
Gallery
Kentville Station circa 1890
Kentville, circa 1896, with Kentville Railyard, Kentville Car Shop, Kentville Station and the Aberdeen Hotel.
Kentville Station circa 1900
Church Street, Kentville, circa 1900, with Kentville Station platforms to right and the T. L. Dodge hardware store to left.
Dominion Atlantic Railway Wood Station 1904 - 1919
A major addition, designed in 1902 and completed by 1904, added a central tower, all-round platform awnings and a 40 foot extension to the west. The new dimensions of the station to 32' 4" wide, 36' high to the roof peak (42 ' high to the top of the tower) and 145 feet long.[8]
Station painted straw yellow with dark red and white trim.
Original 1902 Hebert Gates plans for the Kentville Station at the Nova Scotia Archives: 1.2.7.38
Gallery
Kentville Station circa 1904-1914
Kentville Station circa 1904-1914
Kentville Station with boxcars No. 1284 and No. 1285, after the 1904 addition.
Kentville Station with parlour car Haligonian or Mayflower; Kentville Freight Shed and Car Shop, after 1904 addition.
Kentville Station platform, about 1905 with T. L. Dodge hardware store
P. R. Ritcey warehouses looking west to the Kentville Station, circa 1910.
Kentville Station circa 1914-1918
Drawing of east end of Kentville Station by Dan Conlin
Drawing of west end of Kentville Station by Dan Conlin
Dominion Atlantic Railway Wood Station 1920 - 1990
Another 40 foor extension with six dormers was added to the west in 1920, providing restaurant space to the lunch room and additional offices.[9] These 1920 additions brought the final dimensions of the station to be 185 feet long, 32' 4" wide and 36' high to the roof peak (42 ' high to the top of the tower.) The first floor operator's bay window was removed in May 1931 to provide more platform space. The platform was replaced at the same time with a tar covered wooden platform replacing the old planked platform.[10]
1920 - 1943
Station painted straw yellow with dark red and white trim.
Gallery
No 503 leading the Flying Bluenose, Train No. 123 at the Kentville Station with a CPR refrigerator car in background, circa 1920s.
No. 502 leading the New Yorker, Train No. 25, on its first day of operation at the Kentville Station, June 22, 1928.
Locomotive No. 2552 with Train No. 98 at the Kentville Station on Sept. 10, 1937.
Kentville Station, September 1937 with Train No. 95.
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Kentville Station 1942 still painted yellow although the coloured bands of shingles on the tower are gone.
Kentville Station, circa 1942 with P. R. Ritcey store in right background.
Locomotives No. 504 and No. 32 at the Kentville Station, circa 1940. Note the partially repainted station.
No. 2511 at the Kentville Station, circa 1940s.
No. 26 "Kent" at the Kentville Station, circa 1940.
Locomotive No. 32 at the Kentville Station, circa 1940.
1943 - 1967
Station painted dark red with black trim and white windows.
Gallery
Kentville Station, photographed by Harold Jenkins, June 15, 1946.
Hand tinted view of the Kentville Station in the late 1940s.
No. 2500 at Kentville Station circa 1950.
The Coaches on the right would be heading along to Kingsport/Weston Sub, August 30, 1953.
No. 470 at the Kentville Station on July 3, 1954 leading Train No. 13 for Kingsport.
No. 470 at Kentville with Kingsport Mixed, July 3, 1954.
No. 2617 at Kentville Station August 10, 1956.
Kentville Station arrival and departure board, , photographed by Harold Jenkins, March 6, 1959.
Kentville Station, photographed by Harold Jenkins, 1959 or April 1960.
Kentville Station with P. R. Ritcey store and warehouses in background, photographed by Harold Jenkins, 1959 or April 1960.
Kentville Station with dayliner No. 9059, photographed by Harold Jenkins, Summer 1959.
An eastbound freight passes the Kentville Station in August of 1959.
No. 9059 in August 1959 at Kentville Station.
RDC No. 9059 at the Kentville Station, with the the P. R. Ritcey store in background, May 1964.
Dayliner No. 9059 at the Kentville Station on May 5, 1964.
1967 to 1990
Station painted solid dark red.
Gallery
D.A.R. Headquarters, Kentville Station, Kentville on July 20, 1967.
D.A.R. Headquarters, Kentville Station, Kentville on July 20, 1967.
Kentville Station on July 20, 1967.
No. 9059 at Kentville Station in 1968.
RDC 9059 at the Kentville Station with the Kentville Freight Shed, Era ~1970
RDC 9059 Dayliner, at the Kentville Station, circa Sept. 1970.
Kentville Station, photographed by Harold Jenkins, unknown date, circa 1970.
RDC 9059 Dayliner, at the Kentville Station, close-up of platform, Sept. 5, 1970.
Kentville Station, circa 1970 with P. R. Ritcey store in right background.
Dayliner No. 9057 at Kentville Station, Kentville in August 1973.
Dayliner No. 9057 at Kentville Station, Kentville in August 1973.
Kentville Station, looking east along the platform, summer or early fall 1973.
Kentville Station, looking east along the platform, summer or early fall 1973.
Kentville Station, close-up detail of platform signs and awnings, summer or early fall 1973.
Kentville Station, east end, summer or early fall 1973.
Dayliner at Kentville Station on July 18, 1975.
Kentville Railyard with Kentville Station to right, Feb. 14, 1976.
North & West side of the station - 17th May 1976.
Kentville Station, Kentville NS August 17 1977.
No. 9059 at Kentville Station on an evening in January 1977.
No. 9059 at Kentville Station on an evening in January 1977 with P. R. Ritcey store in right background.
Kentville Station sometime in the 80s. Photographer is unknown.
Kentville Station, photographed by Harold Jenkins, May 1982.
The Apple Blossom Special at the Kentville Station is blue flagged while the power is turned on May 30, 1987.
Passengers and on lookers wait at the Kentville Station while VIA 6781 is turned for the Apple Blossom Special on May 30, 1987.
Kentville Station, awaiting demolition June 1990.
Kentville, at the site of the station, August 30, 2011.
No. 9067 at Kentville Station on June 28, 1975.
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Other Known Images
Kentville Station in 1969 - Canada Science and Technology Museum Image STR04091a.
VIA Rail Station 1988-1989
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Kentville Station, July 16, 1989. Old station in foreground, new brick station in background to right.
A VIA Rail RDC at the new Kentville Station, July 15, 1989.
Farewell to VIA in the Valley - January 30, 1990 article on school children witnessing final passenger run at Kentville Station.
Station Interior Details
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Kentville Station typewriter from B. L. Mailman's estate, 2016.
Kentville Station adding machine from B. L. Mailman's estate, 2016.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Construction date of 1889 addition given in transcript of the Department of Railways and Canals, Engineer's Report, 1889, compiled by J. B. King, Scotia Railway Society Collection, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, RG28 Series S Vol. 4 File 15
- ↑ Bob Mohowski, "Dominion Atlantic Railway", Railpace Newsmagazine, March 1984, p. 33
- ↑ Kentville Advertiser, July 19, 1988, article located by by Conrad Davison
- ↑ Kentville Advertiser, "Kentville's New Train Station", June 3, 1988, article located by Conrad Davison
- ↑ "Kentville Historical Society", Town of Kentville
- ↑ Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab, C. E., November 1, 1873. p14, p21
- ↑ Construction date of 1889 addition given in transcript of the Department of Railways and Canals, Engineer's Report, 1889, compiled by J. B. King, Scotia Railway Society Collection, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, RG28 Series S Vol. 4 File 15
- ↑ Herbert Gates architectural plans for Kentville Station, 1902, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management
- ↑ Canadian Railway and Marine World, "Projected Lines, Construction Betterments, Etc.", November 1920, Carl Riff notes
- ↑ Links and Pins "With the Railway Men", Halifax Chronicle Herald, May 27, 1931, Carl Riff Notes
- Canadian Railway Station Guide Bruce Ballantyne, Bytown Railway Society, 1998
- Devil's Half Acre Mabel Nichols Kentville Centenniel Committee, 1986
- Former Kentville Railway Station, Kentville, Nova Scotia Robert Hunter, Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada report, RSR 6
