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Kentville Water Tower
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. 44 at the Kentville Water Tower on June 9, 1942.
Train No. 14 arriving at Kentville led by No. 470. engine terminal at left. water stand pipe in centre. August 1949.
2551 near water tower in Kentville Yard 1953-08-30 (looking northwards)
2551 near water tower in Kentville Yard 1953-08-30 (looking southwards)
No. 6227 in front of Kentville Roundhouse on August 27, 1956. Visable 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. Visable 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. Visable 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.
No. 8138 leading wayfreight at Kentville leaving for Windsor Junction in August 1959. Visable 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 visable from this view of the Kentville Railyard, Kentville in August 1959.
View of the Kentville Railyard looking east from the roundhouse in 1961.
