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(newest | oldest) View (newer 50 | older 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)- 16:42, 20 January 2022 Stem talk contribs uploaded File:WARProsp3.jpg (Windsor & Annapolis Railway 1867 Prospectus<br> Louis Comeau collection Category:Louis Comeau Collection)
- 16:42, 20 January 2022 Stem talk contribs uploaded File:WARProsp2.jpg (Windsor & Annapolis Railway 1867 Prospectus<br> Louis Comeau collection Category:Louis Comeau Collection)
- 16:41, 20 January 2022 Stem talk contribs uploaded File:WARProsp1.jpg (Windsor & Annapolis Railway 1867 Prospectus<br> Louis Comeau collection Category:Louis Comeau Collection)
- 16:40, 20 January 2022 Stem talk contribs uploaded File:WARProSpectus1867-1.jpg (Windsor & Annapolis Railway 1867 Prospectus<br> Louis Comeau collection Category:Louis Comeau Collection)
- 18:54, 19 January 2022 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:Kentville Fire Map 1921 Sheet 3.jpg (Detail of Kentville Fire Insurance Map showing, Sheet 3, with business along Webster Street including the United Fruit Companies Headquarters and the P. R. Ritcey Spur, August 1921, from the Comeau Family Collection. Category:Louis Comeau Category:Fire Insurance Maps)
- 20:29, 18 January 2022 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:Kentville Fire Map 1921 Sheet 4.jpg (Detail of Kentville Fire Insurance Map showing, Sheet 4, with the Kentville Station, Kentville Repair Shop, Kentville Ice Houses, the railway tennis courts and the "Back Road" spur for coal sheds and apple warehouses, August 1921, from the Comeau Family Collection. Category:Louis Comeau)
- 19:18, 18 January 2022 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:Kentville Fire Map 1921 Sheet 1.jpg (Detail of Kentville Fire Insurance Map showing, Sheet 1, the Kentville Roundhouse, Kentville Machine Shop and Kentville Railyard, August 1921, from the Comeau Family Collection. For annotated version of this sheet, see [https://dardpi.ca/wiki/index.php?title=File:Kentville_Fire_Map_1921_Sheet_1_annotated.jpg Kentville_Fire_Map_1921_Sheet_1_annotated.jpg] Category:Louis Comeau)
- 19:10, 18 January 2022 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:Kentville Fire Map 1921 Sheet 1 annotated.jpg (Detail of Kentville Fire Insurance Map showing the Kentville Roundhouse, Kentville Machine Shop and Kentville Railyard, August 1921, from the Comeau Family Collection, annotated by Dan Conlin. Category:Louis Comeau)
- 11:34, 16 January 2022 Stem talk contribs uploaded File:Deep Brook Station Removed.png (Deep Brook Station Removed Due To Modern Transportation Changes<br> (L. M. D. HENSHAW))
- 08:50, 16 January 2022 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:Pulisfer 4.jpg (A bench from the Kentville Station, taken by Lynn Pulsifer at the Kentville Heritage Cente, 2021. Description by Lynn Pulsifer:<br> "This is a bench from the waiting room of the old Kentville Station. The Kentville Historical Society acquired it from the basement of the Town Hall where it had been stored in a state of disrepair...actually the end and some of the back had been broken into several pieces. Our Society was able to have it...)
- 23:09, 15 January 2022 Stem talk contribs uploaded File:Deep Brook Station 1.jpg (Photo taken from a newspaper clipping "Deep Brook Station Removed Due To Modern Transportation Changes.)
- 23:07, 15 January 2022 Stem talk contribs uploaded File:Deep Brook Station 1.jpeg (Photo taken from a newspaper clipping "Deep Brook Station Removed Due To Modern Transportation Changes.)
- 18:08, 14 January 2022 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:RSW1903MayP173A.jpg (Title: The Railway and Shipping World [New ser. no. 63 (May 1903)]<br> Page: 173<br> Published: Toronto : [Railway & Shipping World Co., 1903]<br> Identifier: 8_04818_63<br> Document source: Library and Archives Canada.<br> Notes: Monthly<br> Collection: Serials: Periodicals, Annuals and Newspapers<br> Language: English<br> URL: https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_04818_63<br> Category: Canadiana.ca website Category: The Railway and Shipping World)
- 17:46, 14 January 2022 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:RSW1903MayP161B.jpg (Title: The Railway and Shipping World [New ser. no. 63 (May 1903)]<br> Page: 161<br> Published: Toronto : [Railway & Shipping World Co., 1903]<br> Identifier: 8_04818_63<br> Document source: Library and Archives Canada.<br> Notes: Monthly<br> Collection: Serials: Periodicals, Annuals and Newspapers<br> Language: English<br> URL: https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_04818_63<br> Category: Canadiana.ca website Category: The Railway and Shipping World Category: Midland Railway Co.)
- 13:48, 13 January 2022 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:RSW1903MayP153B.jpg (Title: The Railway and Shipping World [New ser. no. 63 (May 1903)]<br> Page: 153<br> Published: Toronto : [Railway & Shipping World Co., 1903]<br> Identifier: 8_04818_63<br> Document source: Library and Archives Canada.<br> Notes: Monthly<br> Collection: Serials: Periodicals, Annuals and Newspapers<br> Language: English<br> URL: https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_04818_63<br> Category: Canadiana.ca website Category: The Railway and Shipping World)
- 12:26, 13 January 2022 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:RSW1903MayP154A.jpg (Title: The Railway and Shipping World [New ser. no. 63 (May 1903)]<br> Page: 154<br> Published: Toronto : [Railway & Shipping World Co., 1903]<br> Identifier: 8_04818_63<br> Document source: Library and Archives Canada.<br> Notes: Monthly<br> Collection: Serials: Periodicals, Annuals and Newspapers<br> Language: English<br> URL: https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_04818_63<br> Category: Canadiana.ca website Category: The Railway and Shipping World Category: Midland_Railway_Co.)
- 19:52, 11 January 2022 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:Pulsifer 2.jpg (DAR staff in the General Manager's office of the Kentville Station, taken by Lynn Pulsifer on the occasion of Eric Purcell’s retirement, in 1986 or 87. Description by Lynn Pulsifer:<br> "In this photo was Earl MacMichael, Mr Purcell and George Mott (back row) Mrs Purcell, Ralph Evans, and Marjorie Mott." Note the much remembered general manager's fire place on the left which the CPR Superintendent at the time of the station demolition, B. D. Wilson, had dismantled an...)
- 19:34, 11 January 2022 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:Pulsifer 3.jpg (DAR staff in the General Manager's office of the Kentville Station, taken by Lynn Pulsifer on the occasion of Eric Purcell’s retirement, in 1986 or 87. Description by Lynn Pulsifer:<br> "In this photo, back row, Earl, Mr Purcell, George Mott, Sales Reps Carl Bancroft and Carl Smith, and Bill Cross, Mechanical Supervisor. Front row, Mrs Bancroft, Mrs Purcell, Marjorie Mott, myself, Ralph, and M. McLaughlin, Roadmaster. I may have a couple of the titles incorrect." Fro...)
- 20:05, 10 January 2022 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:Pulsifer 1.jpg (Eric Purcell, DAR Manager, on the right and Earle MacMichael, Rail Terminal Supervisor on the left, at the General Manager's office in the Kentville Station, taken by Lynn Pulsifer on the occasion of Mr Purcell’s retirement, in 1986 or 87. Earl assumed some of the duties of the Manager, without the title as there were no more manager positions on the DAR after Mr Purcell retired. Lynn Pulsifer Category:Lynn Pulsifer Photo)
- 20:36, 3 January 2022 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:Kingsport Bus.jpg (Photograph of Starr Williams, driver of a CPR bus at the Kentville Station, destined for Kingsport. The photo was taken by Harold Bailey, likely at the start of the service in April, 1947. The Kingsport bus was operated by the Canadian Pacific Transport Company, the CPR's bus division. It supplement the existing Kingsport mixed passenger trains from April 1947 until May 1949.<ref>[http://www.trainweb.org/elso/cpt.htm William E. Miller, "Canadian Pacific Transport Company", ''Electric...)
- 18:01, 2 January 2022 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:1912 Letter from DAR re Mantua Flag Stop.jpg (Found on Internet - no known copyright<br> November 21 2019<br>)
- 10:38, 27 December 2021 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:DAR PTT Oct 1923.jpg ('''Courtesy of TimetableWorld.com<br> Official Guide to the Railways, October, 1923, p1065.<br>)
- 10:31, 27 December 2021 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:Bear River First Bridge.jpg ('''Courtesy NovaMuse website<br> Source: ADMIRAL DIGBY MUSEUM<br> Print, Photographic<br> ACCESSION NUMBER: 2003.05.09<br> CATEGORY: Graphic Documents<br> DATE: 1860 to 2003<br> MEASUREMENTS: 26 cm L x 16 cm W<br> SCOPE & CONTENT: Railway bridge over water. Ship and mill in picture also.<br> Category: NovaMuse website Category: Admiral Digby Museum Collection)
- 17:12, 26 December 2021 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:Apr1903p141A.jpg ('''Courtesy Canadiana.ca website<br> The Railway and Shipping World [New ser. no. 62 (Apr. 1903)]<br> Page: 141<br> Published: Toronto : [Railway & Shipping World Co., 1903]<br> Identifier: 8_04818_62<br> Document source: Library and Archives Canada.<br> Notes: Monthly<br> Collection: Serials: Periodicals, Annuals and Newspapers<br> Language: English<br> URL: https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_04818_62<br> Category: Canadiana.ca website Category: The Railway and Shipping World)
- 16:10, 24 December 2021 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:201908782DetailB.JPG (''Courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives''<br> Nova Scotia Archives Photographic Collection Detail from "Places: Windsor, Hants Co.: General View: Looking Northeasterly"<br> Full image here: [https://archives.novascotia.ca/photocollection/archives/?ID=8291 "Places: Windsor, Hants Co.: General View: Looking Northeasterly"]<br> Date: July 1931<br> Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Photographic Collection<br> Detail shows the second Windsor Enginehouse with part of the Colonial Fertilizer pl...)
- 15:04, 24 December 2021 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:Hugh llewelyn 999 (5979019582).jpg (DAR/CPR locomotive 999 at the Canadian Railway Museum (Exporail) in Delson Quebec, photographed by Hugh Llewelyn, August, 1970. Source: Wikimedia Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hugh_llewelyn_999_(5979019582).jpg Information from source: Description: Canadian Pacific Railway class "D-10h" 4-6-0 No.999 built by MLW in 1912 at the Canadian Railway Museum, Montreal 8/70. Built as No. 2774, it was renumbered 999 in 1913; and tr...)
- 18:25, 22 December 2021 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:RSW1903AprP113-115.jpg ('''Courtesy Canadiana.ca website<br> Title: The Railway and Shipping World [New ser. no. 62 (Apr. 1903)]<br> Pages: 113, 115<br> Published: Toronto : [Railway & Shipping World Co., 1903]<br> Identifier: 8_04818_62<br> Document source: Library and Archives Canada.<br> Notes: Monthly<br> Collection: Serials: Periodicals, Annuals and Newspapers<br> Language: English<br> URL: https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_04818_62<br> Category: Canadiana.ca website [[Category: The Railway and Shippin...)
- 12:46, 21 December 2021 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:Mar1903p107A.jpg ('''Courtesy Canadiana.ca website<br> The Railway and Shipping World [New ser. no. 61 (Mar. 1903)]<br> Page: 107 Published: Toronto : [Railway & Shipping World Co., 1903]<br> Identifier: 8_04818_61<br> Document source: Library and Archives Canada.<br> Notes: Monthly<br> Collection: Serials: Periodicals, Annuals and Newspapers<br> Language: English<br> URL: https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_04818_61<br> Category: Canadiana.ca website Category: The Railway and Shipping World [[Categ...)
- 19:01, 20 December 2021 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:RoundhouseLetter01.jpg ('''Courtesy of NovaMuse website<br> Source: KINGS COUNTY MUSEUM<br> Letter<br> ACCESSION NUMBER: 2008.005.012<br> CATEGORY: Other Documents<br> DATE: May 10 1938<br> MATERIALS: Paper, ink, graphite<br> MEASUREMENTS: 16 cm L x 12 cm W<br> MARKS/LABEL: The following names are listed as originators of this letter:<br> John DeWolfe, George Gillis, Harry Lynch, Harvey McLeod, Albert Roberts<br> NARRATIVE: This artifact was discovered during the demolition of the Dominion Atlantic Railway Roundhous...)
- 18:58, 20 December 2021 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:RoundhouseLetter02.jpg ('''Courtesy NovaMuse website<br> Source: KINGS COUNTY MUSEUM<br> Description: Can<br> ACCESSION NUMBER: 2008.005.011<br> CATEGORY: container<br> DATE: 1938<br> MATERIALS: Tin, concrete<br> MEASUREMENTS: 9.5 cm H x 7 cm DiameterCan (main body) dimensions<br> MEASUREMENTS: 9.5 cm H x 7 cm Diameter x 9.5 cm H x 4.3 cm Diameter Cap<br> MARKS/LABEL: "REMOVE THIS CAP" in raised lettering on the cap is visible from the underside but only the letters "THI CAP" are visible on the other side due to a l...)
- 17:38, 19 December 2021 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:March1903p105A.jpg ('''Courtesy of Canadiana.ca<br> The Railway and Shipping World [New ser. no. 61 (Mar. 1903)]<br> Page: 105<br> Published: Toronto : [Railway & Shipping World Co., 1903]<br> Identifier: 8_04818_61<br> Document source: Library and Archives Canada.<br> Notes: Monthly<br> Collection: Serials: Periodicals, Annuals and Newspapers<br> Language: English<br> URL: https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_04818_61<br> Category: Canadiana.ca website Category: The Railway and Shipping World)
- 18:14, 18 December 2021 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:SA bridge1984.JPG (Bridgetown Railway Bridge looking west with the Bridgetown Station and its semaphore order board in the background, photographed by Stephen Archibald, between 1965 and 1967. Stephen Archibald photo Stephen Archibald photo Category:IncompleteDateOrDescription)
- 18:12, 18 December 2021 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:SA bridgeandstation.jpg (Bridgetown Railway Bridge looking west with the Bridgetwon Station and its semaphore order board in the background, photographed by Stephen Archibald, between 1965 and 1967. Stephen Archibald photo Stephen Archibald photo Category:IncompleteDateOrDescription)
- 07:20, 18 December 2021 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:SA warehouses.JPG (== Summary == The north side of the apple warehouses at Bridgetown, photographed by Stephen Archibald, 1985. Note interesting paint pattern on warehouse roof. Description by Stephen Archibald: "Quite a pattern on the roof. My fanciful interpretation is that the right end and the left end were coated by different people. A roofing paint or compound applied with something like a yacht mop.Buddy on the left side is taller and can swing the applicator in a...)
- 17:42, 16 December 2021 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:Big Joggins Bridge 02.jpg ('''Courtesy NovaMuse<br> '''Source: ADMIRAL DIGBY MUSEUM<br> Print, Photographic<br> ACCESSION NUMBER: 1979.49.3.3.B<br> CATEGORY: Graphic Documents<br> DATE: circa 1910<br> MEASUREMENTS: 24.5 cm L x 8.5 cm W<br> DESCRIPTION: This picture was taken <s>from Bear River</s> looking toward the town of Digby; the Digby Gut is seen in the background; there are a couple of sailboats in the Annapolis Basin; the <s>Bear River</s> '''Big Joggins''' bridge is seen in this photo as well.<br> [[Category:...)
- 18:16, 15 December 2021 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:Big Joggins 01.jpg ('''Courtesy of NovaMuse<br> '''Source: ADMIRAL DIGBY MUSEUM<br> Print, Photographic<br> ACCESSION NUMBER: 2013.126.15<br> CATEGORY: Graphic Documents<br> DATE: 1900s<br> MATERIALS: Cardstock<br> MEASUREMENTS: 9 cm L x 13 cm W DESCRIPTION: Colored photo of a train engine and box cars crossing the bridge in Bear River. '''[This is The Big Joggins Bridge, not Bear River - ed.]''' Taken from the ground showing the water and underneath the track. On the side of the train in white says, "3750", and...)
- 19:34, 14 December 2021 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:Big Joggins Bridge 1925.jpg ('''Courtesy NovaMuse Website<br> '''Source: Admiral Digby Museum<br> Print, Photographic<br> ACCESSION NUMBER: 2002.01.09.113<br> CATEGORY: Graphic Documents<br> DATE: 1925<br> MEASUREMENTS: 8 cm L x 10 cm W<br> FONDS TITLE: Waters<br> [Original Comment from the Admiral Digby Museum:] ''SCOPE & CONTENT: This picture shows the "missing link" at Bear River, joining Digby and Annapolis. The train was now able to make a complete trip from Yarmouth to Halifax.''<br> [New Comment] This is the bridg...)
- 19:01, 13 December 2021 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:Weekly Monitor 1917-Sept-12.jpg (''The Weekly Monitor'', September 12, 1917 Advertisement for the many railway carloads of building supplies imported by J. H. Hicks & Sons to their Bridgetown construction headquarters. Courtesy Phil Vogler Category:Phil Vogler Collection)
- 18:46, 13 December 2021 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:Hicks supplies.jpg (''The Weekly Monitor'', September 12, 1917 Advertisement for the many railway carloads of building supplies imported by J. H. Hicks & Sons to their Bridgetown construction headquarters. Courtesy Phil Vogler Category:Phil Vogler Collection)
- 18:41, 13 December 2021 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:Weekly Monitor 1899-Nov-1.jpg (''The Weekly Monitor'', November 1, 1899 Advertisement for building supplies from the mill that laid the foundation of the construction business for J. H. Hicks & Sons. Courtesy Phil Vogler Category:Phil Vogler Collection)
- 18:25, 13 December 2021 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:Kentville Roundhouse Donaldson.jpg ('''Courtesy of Admiral Digby Museum<br> '''Courtesy of NovaMuse<br> Source: ADMIRAL DIGBY MUSEUM<br> Print, Photographic<br> ACCESSION NUMBER: 2013.126.4<br> CATEGORY: Graphic Documents<br> DATE: 1900s<br> MATERIALS: Cardstock<br> MEASUREMENTS: 20 cm L x 25 cm W<br> DESCRIPTION: Black and white photo of the train getting turned around. "1038" is in white on the side of the train, photographer I. Donaldson, site: Kentville N.S.<br> '''NovaMuse website says: "Image use must be for education or...)
- 19:36, 12 December 2021 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:Kentville2516.jpg (Found on Internet - no known copyright information.<br> Photographer unknown.<br> Caption: Original OSld Slide Dominion Atlantic Railway DAR 2516 Steam Kentville NS 1956 RBK<br> Category: PhotographerUnknown Category: Steam Gallery)
- 19:13, 12 December 2021 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:Clementsport (Moose River) Bridge.jpg (Found on Internet - no known copyright information.<br> Photographer and date of photo unknown.<br> Colour Slide Cab View of Dominion Atlantic Bridge Over the Moose River near Clementsport<br> Category: UnknownPhotographer)
- 19:04, 12 December 2021 Sarah Taylor talk contribs uploaded File:BearRiverBridgeCabView.jpg (Found on Internet - no known copyright information.<br> Photographer and date of photo unknown - but before the current highway bridge was built.<br> Colour Slide Cab View of Dominion & Atlantic Bridge Over the Bear River<br> Category: UnknownPhotographer)
- 20:47, 11 December 2021 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:Weekly Monitor 1916-August-2.jpg (== Summary == ''The Weekly Monitor'', August 23, 1916 Article on the commencement of construction of the Middleton Engine House, a wooden structure 88 feet long which could accommodate three locomotives to be built by the a 15-man crew from the DAR's Bridge and Building department led by foreman H. Dalton. Courtesy Phil Vogler Category:Phil Vogler Collection)
- 20:43, 11 December 2021 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:Middleton Engine House.jpg (''The Weekly Monitor'', August 23, 1916 Article on the commencement of construction of the Middleton Engine House, a wooden structure 88 feet long which could accommodate three locomotives to be built by the a 15-man crew from the DAR's Bridge and Building department led by foreman H. Dalton. Courtesy Phil Vogler Category:Phil Vogler Collection)
- 14:44, 11 December 2021 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:Hicks Yarmouth.jpg (''Engineering and Contract Record'', November 1915 Note on the contract to build a [https://hswdpi.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Yarmouth_Station new station in Yarmouth] for the [https://hswdpi.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Halifax & South Western Railway] by the J. H. Hicks & Sons company, 1914. Courtesy Phil Vogler Category:Phil Vogler Collection)
- 14:40, 11 December 2021 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:Hicks Curry.jpg (''Engineering and Contract Record'', 1914 Note on the contract a new apple warehouse for the [[Curry's Corner Fruit Company by J. H. Hicks & Sons, 1914. Courtesy Phil Vogler Category:Phil Vogler Collection)
- 19:44, 10 December 2021 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:The Acadian 1921-Sept-30.jpg (== Summary == "Some Warehouse", ''The Acadian'', September 30, 1921 Article with structure details about the new apple warehouse built for the Grand Pre Fruit Company by J. H. Hicks & Sons. Courtesy Phil Vogler Category:Phil Vogler Collection)
- 19:07, 10 December 2021 Dan Conlin talk contribs uploaded File:Weekly Monitor 1923-May-9.jpg (''The Weekly Monitor'', May 9, 1923 Article on the contract with structure details for a new apple warehouse to be built for the Berwick Fruit Company by the J. H. Hicks & Sons. Courtesy Phil Vogler Category:Phil Vogler Collection)