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Canning Station
Canning Station Mile 10.7 Kingsport Subdivision
Located on the south side of the tracks, the station in Canning was built to standard Windsor & Annapolis Railway Plans by contractors Margeson and Bowby in June 1890, with the frame being raised on June 10, 1890.[1] The station was overhauled in 1926 with an extension to the freight shed on the east end of the station.[2] The enlargement was completed in August 1926 and included a stucco exterior, upgraded waiting and washrooms and improved gardens.[3] Ralph Sandford was the station agent from 1921 until 1938.[4] Sandford was replaced by D.V. Winchester.[5] The station was demolished after the Kingsport Line was abandoned in 1961. A short section of the station's waiting room bench is preserved today at the Canning Library and Heritage Centre, while an even longer section of the station's bench is preserved at the Canning Fire Hall, rescued by a former fire chief Bruce Spicer.[6]
Gallery
Canning Station, from the west with DAR Combine No. 31 "Daphne" in a Kingsport-bound mixed train, circa 1910.
Canning Station with the Maple Leaf Fruit Co. warehouse in background, 1930s.
Canning Station from the north, 1940s.
Canning Station from the north, July 1958.
Canning Station, from the north, G. Parks Collection, Nov or July 1958.
Canning Station, with the Maple Leaf Foods/Kent Foods warehouse on the left, July 1958.
Site of the Canning Station with converted apple warehouse on left, April 20, 2008.
References
- ↑ "RAILWAY STATION", The Acadian and Kings County Times, June 13, 1890, courtesy [Phil Vogler Facebook Post, Dec. 12, 2023].
- ↑ Expansion announced in the The Advertiser, March 26, 1926
- ↑ "Market Reports and Agricultural News", The Advertiser August 27, 1926
- ↑ "Railway Notes", Kentville Advertiser, June 16, 1938
- ↑ "Railway Notes", Kentville Advertiser, June 23, 1938
- ↑ Kirk Starratt, "Bench that was part of Canning’s railway history restored, relocated in new fire hall", NovaNewsNow, January 8, 2018
