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Weston Water Tower
Weston Water Tower
Subdivision Weston, Mile 14.5
As the terminus of the North Mountain Line, Weston had, when built in 1914, a spring-fed 4,400 gallon water tank.[1] The tank was fed by a long, buried two-inch iron pipe that ran from a spring on the North Mountain to the wye at Weston. A branch from the waterline was built to the home of Marshall Ward in exchange for the use of his land for the pipeline.[2] North Mountain springs were long-established water source for farms in this area as they provided reliable, year-round water and good pressure from gravity, thanks to the drop down from the mountain.
By 1931, the water tower was no longer listed in the DAR's employee timetable, probably because newer locomotives with larger water capacity in their tenders no longer had to top up water after the short run from Kentville to Weston.[3]
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Letter Jan. 14, 1916, Inspector Alex Ferguson, Library and Archives Canada RG43 A-1-2 Vol. 277
- ↑ Elizabeth M. Clarke, The Weston Branch and Margaretville in Nova Scotia page 5
- ↑ 1931 Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee, June 21, 1931, page 7
