Annapolis Royal Enginehouse

Annapolis Royal Enginehouse

The first enginehouse in Annapolis Royal held three locomotives and an inside turntable.(1) It was built in 1868 to serve as the engine terminal for the Windsor and Annapolis Railway. It was destroyed in a fire on March 11, 1896.(2) A replacement engine house was built. It remained for many years behind the station, later used for storage.(3)

Gallery

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  Bird's Eye view of Annapolis Royal & Granville Nova Scotia 1878: Detail of Annapolis Royal Enginehouse.

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  No. 25, Strathcona with a westbound express at the Annapolis Royal Station. Note the freight shed, bulk fuel facility, and old Engine House behind the station.

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  Derailment on May 7, 1922 showing the in the Annapolis Royal Railyard, Freight Shed, the enginehouse, DAR boxcar No. 69938, and DAR boxcar 1310.

References and Footnotes

(1) Marguerite Woodworth, History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway, page 64.

(2) W.W. Clarke, History of the Earliest Railways of Nova Scotia, page 12.

(3) Note by Doug Schaffner, 8 January 2009.