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==Kentville Ice House== | ==Kentville Ice House== | ||
| − | The DAR operated a "secondary icing" facility in [[Kentville]] to re-ice certain classes of [[Refrigerator Cars|refrigerated cars]] in season.(1) | + | The DAR operated a "secondary icing" facility in [[Kentville]] to re-ice certain classes of [[Refrigerator Cars|refrigerated cars]] in season.(1) The first version was a one story wooden shed. In the 1930s, it was replaced by a larger structure, approximately 25 feet by 40 feet, differing from standard CPR ice houses as it was built of brick tile instead of wood.(2) It was in use at least until 1958.(3) In the 1960s, it was converted into storage. |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<Gallery> | <Gallery> | ||
| + | File:Kentville Fire Map 1921 Sheet 4.jpg|Detail of Kentville [[:Category:Fire Insurance Maps|Fire Insurance Map]] showing the [[Kentville Station]], [[Kentville Repair Shop]], [[Kentville Ice House]], railway tennis courts and the "Back Road" spur, Aug. 1921. | ||
File:DAR - Coach 31 A - Harold Jenkins Photo - Unknown Date.JPG|[[DAR000031|Combine No. 31]] at [[Kentville]], with the [[British Canadian Fruit Association Kentville warehouse]] in background and brickwork of the [[Kentville Ice House]] to right, unknown date. | File:DAR - Coach 31 A - Harold Jenkins Photo - Unknown Date.JPG|[[DAR000031|Combine No. 31]] at [[Kentville]], with the [[British Canadian Fruit Association Kentville warehouse]] in background and brickwork of the [[Kentville Ice House]] to right, unknown date. | ||
Image:DAR411677.jpg|Ice house viisble to far right of crew car [[DAR411677|No. 411677]] beside the work train at the [[Kentville Railyard|railroad yards]] on July 18, 1975. | Image:DAR411677.jpg|Ice house viisble to far right of crew car [[DAR411677|No. 411677]] beside the work train at the [[Kentville Railyard|railroad yards]] on July 18, 1975. | ||
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==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
| − | (1) & ( | + | (1) & (3) Jim Little "CPR Wood Sheathed Refrigerator Cars", ''CP Tracks'', Summer 1999, page 11. |
(2) Dimensions and construction from the 1951 Kentville Fire Insurance Plan, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management | (2) Dimensions and construction from the 1951 Kentville Fire Insurance Plan, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management | ||
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==External Link== | ==External Link== | ||
Revision as of 21:43, 19 January 2022
Kentville Ice House
The DAR operated a "secondary icing" facility in Kentville to re-ice certain classes of refrigerated cars in season.(1) The first version was a one story wooden shed. In the 1930s, it was replaced by a larger structure, approximately 25 feet by 40 feet, differing from standard CPR ice houses as it was built of brick tile instead of wood.(2) It was in use at least until 1958.(3) In the 1960s, it was converted into storage.
Gallery
Detail of Kentville Fire Insurance Map showing the Kentville Station, Kentville Repair Shop, Kentville Ice House, railway tennis courts and the "Back Road" spur, Aug. 1921.
Combine No. 31 at Kentville, with the British Canadian Fruit Association Kentville warehouse in background and brickwork of the Kentville Ice House to right, unknown date.
Ice house viisble to far right of crew car No. 411677 beside the work train at the railroad yards on July 18, 1975.
The top of the Kentville Ice House visible behind Steam Crane No. 414324 in August 1973.
References and Footnotes
(1) & (3) Jim Little "CPR Wood Sheathed Refrigerator Cars", CP Tracks, Summer 1999, page 11.
(2) Dimensions and construction from the 1951 Kentville Fire Insurance Plan, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management
