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Kentville Cornwallis River Spillway Bridge
Kentville Cornwallis River Spillway Bridge
- Spur Track D Kingsport, Mile 0.27
- Subdivision Kingsport, Mile 0.27
A 45 foot four bent pile trestle just to the north of the Kentville Cornwallis River Bridge at mile .27 that acts as a spillway to relieve pressure on the main bridge during floods.(1)
References
(1) Bridge specs from CPR Trackplan of Kentville Railyard
Gallery
The Canada Foods Plant with the Kentville Roundhouse, plus the Kentville Water Tower, the Kentville Cornwallis River Bridge in the centre and the Spillway Trestle to the left, 1949.
CPR No. 8131 crossing the Spillway Bridge with the Kingsport Way Freight in the last days of branchline, August 1959.
The Spillway Trestle, the Kentville Cornwallis River Bridge and Kentville Roundhouse, October 1990.
Canada Foods Plant right and the Kentville Roundhouse taken from the Spillway Trestle with the Kentville Cornwallis River Bridge in the background, Fall 1991.
