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Canning Wye and Spur
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Canning Wye and Spur
- Subdivision Kingsport, Mile 9.8
Wye and 3,300 foot long spur in Canning leading to the Canning Wharf
- South leg: approx Mile 9.8
- North leg: approx Mile 10.4, a third of a mile from the Canning Station
- Active circa 1912-1920
- Included a 1000 foot trestle along the north side of the Habitant Rivert connecting to the Canning Wharf
- Wharf spur saw little use so the trestle was abandoned and salvaged by the Blenkhorn Axe Factory
- Truncated wye continued to be used for the private railway car of Frederick William Borden, federal defence minister in WW I
Gallery
Map of Canning Wye and Spur as designed April 28, 1911.
References and Footnotes
Dan Conlin Field notes CVR Trip, April 20, 2008
