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Doddridge
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Doddridge, Nova Scotia
Subdivision Truro, Mile 31.56
Next Station East: Burtons
Next Station West: Upper Kennetcook
Facilities & Features
Doddridge Station, Mile 31.56
50 ft. Half Deck Plate Girder and Pile Trestle Bridge over the Kennetcook River Bridge, Mile 31.33
Description & History
Doddridge is a small farming community at the head of the Kennetcook River. It was settled around the War of 1812 and named after Philip Doddridge, an English religious leader.[1]
Gallery
Midland line near Doddridge, NS. from the rear of Train No. 22 on August 1, 1958.
Doddridge Station, photographed by Harold Jenkins, June 1959.
References & Footnotes
- ↑ C. Bruce Fergusson, "Burton", Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Archives (1967), p. 172.
