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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.[1] 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 the fall of 1990.[2]
References
- ↑ Charles Thompson Smith, "The Dominion Atlantic and Nova Scotia" MA Thesis Acadia University August 1965, page 175
- ↑ Gary W. Ness, The Dominion Atlantic Railway: 1894-1994, p. 114
Gallery
The new Kentville Car Shop and coaling bucket loader mast, circa late January 1938.
DAR locomotive No. 519 by the Kentville Coaling Tower, between 1944 and 1948.
No. 470 leading the Kingsport local, Train No. 11 past the east end of the machine shop and the coal tower August 1951.
No. 6227 in front of Kentville Roundhouse on August 27, 1956. Visible as well, boiler plant and smoke stack, Kentville Turntable, water stand pipe, coal tower and sand tower.
Kentville Turntable view of CPR No. 6227 at Kentville, Aug. 27, 1956. Visible as well are the boiler plant and smoke stack, water stand pipe, coaling tower and sanding tower.
No. 2526 arrives at Kentville with Train No. 12 from Kingsport, Aug. 27, 1956. On the left is yard crane 3, coal loader before the tower, along with switcher 6227, turntable, water stand pipe, coal tower, sand tower, track crane and boiler smoke stack.
Mixed Train for Kingsport leaving yard. Visible is business car Nova Scotia beside the repair shop and the coaling tower in Kentville, August 28, 1956.
Kentville Coaling Tower, date unknown, probably circa 1958.
Kentville Railyard looking east showing the boiler plant, car shop, freight shed, coaling and sanding towers and machine shop, July 31, 1958.
No. 8138 leading wayfreight at Kentville leaving for Windsor Junction in August 1959. Visible is the Kentville Coaling Tower and the Kentville Water Tower from this view of the Kentville Railyard.
No. 8138, '58 Pontiac inspection car, Kentville Coaling Tower, Roundhouse, the Water Tower and the Car Shop, all visible from this view of the Kentville Railyard, August 1959.
boarding car No. 405809 at Kentville with Coaling Tower and Sanding Tower in background, Oct. 2, 1960.
View of the Kentville Railyard looking east from the roundhouse in 1961.
Kentville Railyard looking west with the coal tower on the left and the roundhouse in the very back and car shop to the right, 1967.
Kentville engine servicing facilities on July 20, 1967. Visible is the Kentville Coaling Tower, Engine No. 8136 and the Kentville Roundhouse.
Snowplows at Kentville beside the Coaling Tower with boxcar No. 254016, snowplows No. 400609, No. 401032, No. 401038 and flanger No. 400568, July 21, 1967.
Flangers No. 400568 and No. 400570 at Kentville beside the old coaling tower in August, 1973.
An old CP outside braced boxcar at the backside of the old coaling tower at Kentville, NS. in August 1973.
The Kentville Railyard with Coaling Tower and stored MOW equipment, circa Feb 1976.
Coaling Tower - May 1976.
At Kentville on August 17, 1977.
The Kentville Coaling Tower north side and Kentville Railyard, October 1990.
The Kentville Coaling Tower south side, October 1990.
Kentville Railyard, Kentville Car Shop, Kentville Coaling Tower and the foundation of the Kentville Machine Shop, October 1990.
Kentville Railyard with the Kentville Coaling Tower, Kentville Car Shop and the Kentville Repair Shop, October 1990.
