Middleton

Middleton, Nova Scotia

Subdivision Kentville, Mile 30.9, Elevation 70'

• Next Station East: Wilmot
• Next Station West: Brickton

Facilities & Features

• Middleton Railyard
• Wye at this point
• Middleton Station
• Middleton Freight Shed
• Middleton Water Tower
• Middleton Stock Pen

Commerce & Industry

• Farmers Cooperative Dairy Middleton

Local Industries Served By Rail

• G. N. Reagh & Son (flour and feed, farm equipment)
• T R A Limited (wholesale grocers)
• A. W. Allen & Son (woodworking factory)
• Twin City Dairy Ltd (dairy mfg and frozen food products distribution)
• Imperial Oil (bulk dealer)
• Gulf Canada Ltd (bulk dealer)
• Mosher Hardware

Description & History

1969-MemoOfGenInfo lists Middleton as:

• Population: 1505
• Junction of Canadian National Railway, Middleton subdivision, 15 miles of which runs parallel to our tracks between Middleton and Bridgetown. Station facilities used by both companies, under D.A.R. control.

Gallery

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  Middleton Railyard, Station, Freight Shed and Water Tower on August 27, 1956.

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  No. 1046 at Middleton on August 27, 1956.

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  Aerial Survey of Middleton & Nictaux NS, July 8, 1977

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  No. 9064 at Middleton in front of Middleton Station in August 1978.

References & Footnotes

• Alexander MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873
• 1969 Memorandum of General Information