Kentville Freight Shed

Kentville Freight Shed

The freight shed in Kentville began a small board and batten neoclassical shed built in 1869 facing the Kentville Station. A team track and freight siding served the shed on the western side. The shed was expanded with eastward expansions several times, including a major 1890 rebuild which added a gothic window.(1) The freight shed was moved westward several hundred feet in the 1920s to make room for gardens facing the station. The wooden shed was demolished and replaced on August 7, 1954 with a large aluminium sided freight shed directly across from the station with large truck ramps of CP piggyback service.(2) It served until the end of rail operations in Kentville and was demolished in the 1990s.

Gallery

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  The first freight shed on the far left facing the Station July 27, 1871

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  The expanded shed circa 1890

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  A further expansion with gothic window circa 1900

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  Kentville Station circa 1904-1914

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  Kentville Station circa 1904-1914

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  Kentville Station circa 1914-1918

References and Footnotes

(1) Kentville New Star newspaper, May 6 and Oct. 21, 1890 (2) Smith, page 181.