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Fenerty's
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Fenerty's Siding
Mile 4.8 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision (Mile 20.61 from Halifax)
Elevation: 266 feet
- Next Station East: Beaver Bank
- Next Station West: Groves
Facilities & Features
- Fenerty's Siding. 1620 feet long. Capacity: 19 cars. North Side of mainline.
Commerce & Industry
Fenerty's was the location of Acadia Fertilizers, a fish rendering plant that took waste from fish plants such as National Sea Products and turned it into fertilizers for valley farms. The business was owned by Bill Sears of Sackville and operated in the 1950s and 60s. Extensive concrete ruins of the plant remain beside the Fenerty Siding.[1]
Description & History
The siding was named after the Fenerty family who operated several lumber mills in the area.
Gallery
1918 Track Chart of Fenertys
Topographic map from Stillwater to Windsor Junction circa 1956.
