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Kentville Coaling Tower
Kentville's coaling tower was built in December 1943 by Williams and Wilson of Montreal. A concrete tower, it held 60 tons of coal. Previously, locomotives in Kentville were coaled by crane and scoop. The Kentville Coaling tower was the only tower on the DAR. Small coaling facilities using buckets and scoops were found at Yarmouth, Windsor and Halifax. After the end of steam, the tower served as a base for security lights. It was finally demolished in 199x.
References
Charles Thompson Smith, "The Dominion Atlantic and Nova Scotia" MA Thesis Acadia University August 1965, page 175.
Gallery
Train No. 98 behind No. 2617 in the Kentville Railyard prior to arriving at Kentville Station in Kentville. Note coaling tower behind the locomotive.
No. 6227 in front of Kentville Roundhouse on August 27, 1956. Visable as well, boiler plant and smoke stack, roundhouse turntable, water stand pipe, coaling tower and sanding tower.
Roundhouse turntable view of CPR No. 6227 at Kentville on August 27, 1956. Visable as well, boiler plant and smoke stack, water stand pipe, coaling tower and sanding tower.
No. 2526 arriving at Kentville with Train No. 12 from Kingsport on August 27, 1956. Visable as well, yard switcher No. 6227, roundhouse turntable, water stand pipe, coaling tower, sanding tower, track crane and boiler plant smoke stack.
Mixed Train for Kingsport leaving yard. Visible is business car Nova Scotia beside the repair shop and the coaling tower in Kentville on August 28, 1956.
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No. 8134, '58 Pontiac inspection car, Kentville Coaling Tower, Kentville Roundhouse, the Kentville Water Tower and the Kentville Car Shop all visable from this view of the Kentville Railyard, Kentville in August 1959.
View of the Kentville Railyard looking east from the roundhouse in 1961.
Kentville engine servicing facilities on July 20, 1967. Visable is the Kentville Coaling Tower, Engine No. 8136 and the Kentville Roundhouse.
Snowplows lined up at Kentville beside the Kentville Coaling Tower. Viewable are snowplows No. 400609, No. 401032, No. 401038, van No. 400568 and boxcar No. 254016 on July 21, 1967.
At Kentville on August 17, 1977.
