Canadian National Railways Water Facilities

Westport Subdivision (inc BWSSM)
Brockville See also Kingston sub	16 Jan 1905 Inspection by E.V. Johnson, Inspecting Engineer RG 12 vol 2509 file 3506-3 There are water tanks in service at Brockville, Athens, Delta and Westport.
Farmersville became Athens	Athens reporter 6 December 1887 Well to be Drilled at Farmersville, Work on Water Tank to Start Next Week Mr. S.B.  Williams, who acts for the Railway company on this division, has given orders for a well to be drilled at the Farmersville station.  Work on the tank will be commenced next week.16 Jan 1905 Inspection by E.V. Johnson, Inspecting Engineer RG 12 vol 2509 file 3506-3 There are water tanks in service at Brockville, Athens, Delta and Westport.
Delta	16 Jan 1905 Inspection by E.V. Johnson, Inspecting Engineer RG 12 vol 2509 file 3506-3 There are water tanks in service at Brockville, Athens, Delta and Westport.
Delta, a mile north	21 April 1951  Syphoning [sic] water out of the creek Matt-294 CNR train no. 340 near Delta, ON, former Brockville, Westport & North Western railway line Saturday April 21st 1951.  View from a bluff overlooking train on curve about a mile north of Delta station. Matt-0290	21 April 1951. Matt-0307 Engineer MacFarlane on the rear of the tender
Westport	Athens Reporter 28 February 1888 The building of a large water-tank of five hundred barrels’ capacity was commenced last week.  Athens Reporter 3 July 1888 The only perceptible improvement is the putting up of a wind mill to lift water into the tank. 16 August 1888 from Collingwood Schreiber. RG 12 vol 2509 file 3506-3 Two tanks have been erected with a capacity of 21000 gallons each 16 Jan 1905 Inspection by E.V. Johnson, Inspecting Engineer RG 12 vol 2509 file 3506-3 There are water tanks in service at Brockville, Athens, Delta and Westport Westport’s water tank was south (railway east) of the station, near the corner of Rideau and Concession Streets. The concrete foundations of the tank were still there in September 2009 when Andrew Jeanesphotographed the demolished remains of the station building. The two lower photos gleaned from Facebook groups, showing what looks like two different tanks at two different points in time. The first was shared by the Rideau and District Museum and shows the station with the tank just visible beyond. The second was shared by Steve Goodell and shows gas-electric No. 15812 with the tank in the background at right.