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Kentville Roundhouse
Kentville Roundhouse
1916 - the DAR constructs a 5-stall roundhouse at the west end of the Kentville yard where DAR subsidiary the Cornwallis Valley Railway branches off for Kingsport.
1926 - CPR expands its subsidiary's roundhouse in Kentville, adding 5 additional stalls.
1961 - Canadian Pacific Railway stops using the roundhouse for locomotive maintenance.
2007 - The roundhouse is demolished.
Gallery
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No. 2526 arriving at Kentville with Train No. 12 from Kingsport on August 27, 1956. Visable as well, roundhouse turntable, coaling tower, track crane and boiler plant smoke stack.
Kentville engine servicing facilities on July 20, 1967. Visable is the Kentville Coaling Tower, Engine No. 8136 and the Kentville Roundhouse.
