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| 05:10, 14 August 2022 | Comeau008.jpg (file) |  |
532 KB | Louis Comeau collection<br> Kentville Roundhouse with the foundations of the Kentville Machine Shop in the foreground, circa 1974-1975, photographer unknown from Comeau Family collection. Date range indicated by the type of slide film used. It is before 1988, because metal siding was applied above the roundhouse doors in that year and it is after 1970 when the old machine shop burned. The clean look to the ol... | 1 |
| 04:55, 14 August 2022 | WAR engraving.jpg (file) |  |
1.09 MB | Louis Comeau collection<br> Engraving used was Windsor and Atlantic Railway letterhead by General Manager Vernon Smith 1869-1872, thought to represent the line at Mill Brook near Kentville from the Comeau Family Collection. A signature indicates the engraving was made by the Lawrence Johnson Company of Philadelphia, who were noted for their type faces and engraved graphics. Category:Louis Comeau Collection | 1 |
| 11:33, 17 July 2022 | Turntable Overall deckview.jpg (file) |  |
2.65 MB | Overall view of the former Kentville Turntable at New Ross, showing the deck and girder from the south east on a private lane, photographed by Dan Conlin on July 7, 2022. *Dan Conlin photo Category:Dan Conlin Photo | 1 |
| 11:30, 17 July 2022 | Turntable South side.jpg (file) |  |
2.85 MB | The south side of the former Kentville Turntable at New Ross, spanning a small river for a private landowner, photographed by Dan Conlin on July 7, 2022. *Dan Conlin photo Category:Dan Conlin Photo | 1 |
| 06:54, 9 July 2022 | 6227 and 2627 1956.jpg (file) |  |
924 KB | Locomotives No. 6227 and No. 2627 by the Kentville Turntable, 1956. Found on Internet - No known copyright. Photographer unknown.<br> Category: UnknownPhotographer Category: IncompleteDateOrDescription Category: Steam Gallery | 1 |
| 18:18, 8 July 2022 | 3465 turntableApril1975.jpg (file) |  |
249 KB | Kentville Turntable including the compressed air turning motor with doors of the Kentville Roundhouse in background, April 1975. Found on Internet - No known copyright. Photographer unknown.<br> Category: UnknownPhotographer Category: IncompleteDateOrDescription Category: Steam Gallery Category: Apple Warehouses | 1 |
| 17:51, 19 June 2022 | Bear River Pulp Mill.jpg (file) |  |
59 KB | A postcard of the Clarke Brothers Pulp Mill at Bear River soon after it opened in 1921. From Kristy Peck Collection. Used with permission. Featured in https://www.facebook.com/groups/NovaScotiaMemoriesOfDaysGoneBy/posts/3352060548361586 Facebook Post on "Nova Scotia - Memories of Days Gone By" Group, June 4, 2022 by Kristy Peck Category:Postcards | 1 |
| 17:24, 18 June 2022 | Gertridge007.jpg (file) |  |
182 KB | Article and photos about the construction of the Grand Pre Park memorial chapel and the Grand Pre Water Tower, published as "Memorial Building at Grand Pre" in ''The Acadian'', June 9, 1922, as well as two photographs of the chapel under construction, taken by American tourists. Featured in https://www.facebook.com/gertridge/posts/10159257063339102 ''Facebook'' post, June 9, 2022 by Chris Gertridge Category:Chris Gertridge Collection | 1 |
| 18:16, 17 June 2022 | McBride2p45C.jpg (file) |  |
1.7 MB | DAR locomotive No. 470 on the Kentville Turntable with the Kentville Water Tower in the background, circa 1942. Photograph by Charles McBride, Album No. 2. Note interesting details of the turntable repair pit, used to create access under the turntable bridge for permit repair of pit bearings. Category:Charles McBride Photo | 1 |
| 13:40, 2 June 2022 | Windsor Junction Station 1961 b2.jpeg (file) |  |
329 KB | Windsor Junction Station, showing elaborate station gardens created by station agent James Stewart. Original Kodachrome Slide, August 1961, Dominion Atlantic - CNR Station, Windsor Junction, NS. *John A. MacIntosh photo *BOULDERMILL Collection Category:John A. MacIntosh Photo Category:John A. MacIntosh Photo 1961 BOULDERMILL Collection | 1 |
| 18:37, 24 May 2022 | Yeaton-Candy-Factory.jpg (file) |  |
151 KB | Yeaton's Candy Factory buildings on Station Street in Hantport, with the rear of the Hantsport Station 1932. Source: [https://mcdadeheritagecentre.ca/yeatons-candy-factory/ Randy Mosher, "CANDY-MAKING IN HANTSPORT AND SURROUNDING AREA 1895 – 1978", Hantsport & Area Historical Society, McDade centre.] Used with permission of the McDade Heritage Centre, Hantsport & Area Historical Society [[Category:Hantsport... | 1 |
| 15:14, 19 May 2022 | NewStationHantsport.jpg (file) |  |
1.45 MB | The new Hantsport Station under construction, photographed by Charles Whitmore of Hantsport, 1944. Note contractor sign in window. Ventilators visible above roof on the right are from the Laurie Sanford/British Canadian Apple Warehouse. Photograph courtesy of the McDade Heritage Centre, Hantsport & Area Historical Society Collections:Hantsport & Area Historical Society | 1 |
| 19:37, 13 May 2022 | HantsportHeckman.JPG (file) |  |
189 KB | The first Hantsport Station, photographed by CPR photographer Joseph Heckman, circa October 1910. CPR Photograph from [https://www.cptracks.ca/data/RSR/RSR-097_Hantsport_NS.pdfHarry Jost and Barry Moody, "Canadian Pacific Railway Station Hantsport, Nova Scotia", Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada Railway Station Report, RSR-097, 1991, Canadian Pacific Historical Association Documents Library, p. 86] Category:Joseph Heckman Photo | 1 |
| 19:52, 12 May 2022 | MillettLakeville.jpg (file) |  |
227 KB | The Herbert Oyler apple warehouse on Tory Lane in Lakevillle, circa 1920. The man in the foreground is Blake Clarke, Oyler's apple buyer. ==References== Image is featured and described in ''Vallery Gold'', Anne Hutton, p. 84. | 1 |
| 17:01, 12 April 2022 | CPR A-12052.jpeg (file) |  |
1.44 MB | [Berwick Station]], photographed by CPR photographer Joseph Heckman, October 5, 1910. CPR Archives A-12052, Category 21.22.02, Negative (E) 3409 Category:Joseph Heckman Photo | 1 |
| 18:29, 9 April 2022 | Graftonwarehouse.jpg (file) |  |
978 KB | The Grafton Fruit Company apple warehouse, circa 1930, from the Apple Capital Museum collection. Category:Apple Capital Museum Categories:Apple Warehouses | 1 |
| 19:39, 8 April 2022 | Yar5.JPG (file) |  |
812 KB | Bird's Eve View of Yarmouth Nova Scotia 1889: with detail of Weymouth, with Weymouth Station and the Weymouth Bridge, 1889. Nova Scotia Archives, Map Collection: 3.1.1. / negative O/S N-74 | 1 |
| 19:37, 8 April 2022 | Yar4.JPG (file) |  |
736 KB | Bird's Eve View of Yarmouth Nova Scotia 1889: Detail of Hebron), 1889. Nova Scotia Archives, Map Collection: 3.1.1. / negative O/S N-74 | 1 |
| 19:35, 8 April 2022 | Yar2.JPG (file) |  |
223 KB | Bird's Eve View of Yarmouth Nova Scotia 1889: Detail of the Yarmouth Railyard area with the Yarmouth Station (No. 3), the Yarmouth Enginehouse with turntable; the Yarmouth Duck and Canvas Company (No. 23), the Burrell Johnson Ironworks (No. 22) and the two spurs on to the Parker Wharf (No. 30) 1889. Nova Scotia Archives, Map Collection: 3.1.1. / negative O/S N-74 | 1 |
| 19:28, 8 April 2022 | Yar3.JPG (file) |  |
60 KB | Bird's Eve View of Yarmouth Nova Scotia 1889: Detail of Yarmouth Station in the Western Counties Railway era, 1889. Nova Scotia Archives, Map Collection: 3.1.1. / negative O/S N-74 | 1 |
| 19:23, 8 April 2022 | Yar1.JPG (file) |  |
104 KB | Bird's Eve View of Yarmouth Nova Scotia 1889: Detail of Yarmouth Station, the Yarmouth Enginehouse and the Yarmouth Duck and Canvas Company, 1889. Nova Scotia Archives, Map Collection: 3.1.1. / negative O/S N-74 | 1 |
| 17:23, 8 April 2022 | 200804527.jpg (file) |  |
5.55 MB | Bird's Eve View of Yarmouth Nova Scotia 1889 with the Yarmouth Station and the Yarmouth Enginehouse at centre left; the Yarmouth Duck and Canvas Company and inset views of Hebron and Weymouth. Category:Nova Scotia Archives Nova Scotia Archives Map Collection: 3.1.1. / negative O/S N-74 Category:Nova Scotia Archives Category:Bird's Eye Maps | 1 |
| 18:50, 4 April 2022 | Ward 4.jpg (file) |  |
958 KB | Engineer's certificate from the Dominion Atlantic Railway for Harry Ward, January 28, 1909. Category:Dan Conlin Collection | 1 |
| 18:02, 1 April 2022 | Ward 3B.jpg (file) |  |
1.32 MB | Engineer Harry Ward and the crew of a passenger train, probably the "Flying Bluenose" at the Yarmouth Staton, undated. Show are the train's fireman, engineer, news agent, conductor, brakemen and baggage master. Ward is in the top photo at the centre of the second row. It is very similar to [https://dardpi.ca/wiki/index.php?title=File:Bluenosecrew.jpg another crew shot of the Flying Bluenose from 1916 with W. W. Clarke.] Photograph was part of a collection of document... | 1 |
| 17:42, 28 March 2022 | Ward 2B.jpg (file) |  |
626 KB | Engineer Harry Ward in his working clothes, possibly at his Yarmouth home after a run, undated. Photograph was part of a collection of documents associated with DAR engineer Harry Ward. Category:Dan Conlin Collection Category:IncompleteDateOrDescription | 1 |
| 10:32, 27 March 2022 | Ward1B.jpg (file) |  |
1.1 MB | Locomotive No. 21 "Fortuna" with engineer Harry Ward right and an identified fireman, left, circa 1915 (based on the style of lettering). Photograph was part of a collection of documents associated with DAR engineer Harry Ward. Category:Dan Conlin Collection Category:Steam_Gallery Category:IncompleteDateOrDescription | 1 |
| 17:58, 25 March 2022 | Ward 0009.jpg (file) |  |
1.06 MB | Locomotive No. 21 at Middleton in heavy snow, March 24, 1916. Photograph was part of a collection of documents associated with DAR engineer Harry Ward. Category:Dan Conlin Collection | 1 |
| 18:21, 20 March 2022 | BeaverBankStation.jpg (file) |  |
78 KB | Photograph of the station at Beaver Bank with Daniel Hallisey's Hotel in the background on the left and a DAR boxcar on the siding, circa 1920. Image courtesy of the Beaver Bank Station Grill located in the Hallisey Hotel building, featured in: [https://www.facebook.com/beaverbankstation/photos/a.781767228547022/2203384709718593/ Beaver Bank Station restaurant Facebook Post, Feb. 21, 2021] Category: IncompleteDateOrDescription | 1 |
| 19:15, 28 February 2022 | Gertridge005.jpg (file) |  |
80 KB | A photographic postcard of a westbound train pulling into Cambridge Station, circa 1920, from the Chris Gertridge's Collection. Category:Chris Gertridge Collection Category:UnknownPhotographer Category:IncompleteDateOrDescription Category:Postcards Category:Winter | 1 |
| 18:23, 16 February 2022 | AtkinsAylesford.jpg (file) |  |
298 KB | Postcard of the Aylesford Station and hotel, circa 1920. Courtesy of Karen Atkins, featured in [https://www.facebook.com/groups/NovaScotiaMemoriesOfDaysGoneBy/posts/3266362126931429 Facebook Post February 15, 2022] Category:Postcards | 1 |
| 16:50, 12 February 2022 | Rockwell 1.jpg (file) |  |
233 KB | Bill Young at age of six, getting off of the train in Waterville for the first time with father, Vaughan Young on the right, in the cab of DAR locomotive 33 "Glooscap". Photo by Vaughan Young, from the Randy Rockwell Collection. Category:Randy Rockwell Collection | 1 |
| 18:54, 19 January 2022 | Kentville Fire Map 1921 Sheet 3.jpg (file) |  |
1.42 MB | 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 | 1 |
| 20:29, 18 January 2022 | Kentville Fire Map 1921 Sheet 4.jpg (file) |  |
790 KB | 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 | 1 |
| 19:18, 18 January 2022 | Kentville Fire Map 1921 Sheet 1.jpg (file) |  |
496 KB | 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 | 1 |
| 19:10, 18 January 2022 | Kentville Fire Map 1921 Sheet 1 annotated.jpg (file) |  |
1.63 MB | 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 | 1 |
| 08:50, 16 January 2022 | Pulisfer 4.jpg (file) |  |
497 KB | 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... | 1 |
| 19:52, 11 January 2022 | Pulsifer 2.jpg (file) |  |
252 KB | 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... | 1 |
| 19:34, 11 January 2022 | Pulsifer 3.jpg (file) |  |
260 KB | 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... | 1 |
| 20:05, 10 January 2022 | Pulsifer 1.jpg (file) |  |
224 KB | 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 | 1 |
| 20:36, 3 January 2022 | Kingsport Bus.jpg (file) |  |
88 KB | 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... | 1 |
| 16:10, 24 December 2021 | 201908782DetailB.JPG (file) |  |
71 KB | ''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... | 1 |
| 15:04, 24 December 2021 | Hugh llewelyn 999 (5979019582).jpg (file) | .jpg) |
975 KB | 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... | 1 |
| 18:14, 18 December 2021 | SA bridge1984.JPG (file) |  |
654 KB | 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 | 1 |
| 18:12, 18 December 2021 | SA bridgeandstation.jpg (file) |  |
3.12 MB | 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 | 1 |
| 07:20, 18 December 2021 | SA warehouses.JPG (file) |  |
621 KB | == 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... | 1 |
| 19:01, 13 December 2021 | Weekly Monitor 1917-Sept-12.jpg (file) |  |
252 KB | ''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 | 1 |
| 18:41, 13 December 2021 | Weekly Monitor 1899-Nov-1.jpg (file) |  |
176 KB | ''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 | 1 |
| 20:47, 11 December 2021 | Weekly Monitor 1916-August-2.jpg (file) |  |
126 KB | == 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 | 1 |
| 14:44, 11 December 2021 | Hicks Yarmouth.jpg (file) |  |
59 KB | ''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 | 1 |
| 14:40, 11 December 2021 | Hicks Curry.jpg (file) |  |
66 KB | ''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 | 1 |
