| PLACENTIA |
| View of Placentia from Castle Hill. |
| Placentia on the left, Jerseyside on the right. Between the two is the "Gut". Some of the fellows who brought their wives from the states rented quarters in these two villages. |
| For 25 cents you can ride the "Gut" boat between Placentia and Jerseyside. In this view the "Gut" boat is headed over to Jerseyside from Placentia. |
| Church in Placentia. |
| The Royal Bank of Canada in Placentia. |
| Downtown Jerseyside. Jerseyside was named in the mid-1800's for the Jersey fishermen who occupied the site after the French departure in 1713. |
| Another view of Jerseyside. |
| I took this photo as we were hiking up the hill to Castle Hill. These two villages were only about 3 miles from McAndrew AFB and we would hike over there on weekends for taking photos or visiting some of the off base personnel from1st Comm. Constr. Sq. May 10, 2004, I received an E-mail from John Whelan who gave me some history on this house and the rail spur. The house in the center belongs to Bernard Power. On the left of Bernard's house is the house of Michael Power and to the right |
| of Bernard's house, obscured by the trees, is the house of Thomas Power. The three brothers along with hundreds of other families were relocated from Argentia at the beginning of World War II due to the construction of Argentia Naval Air Station. The spur shown in the photograph is about 500 yards east of Jerseyside station. This spur was used to connect the railway to the dock located below Castle Hill. The train would back out of this spur onto the dock. There was a safety spur that ran up the side of Castle Hill so that in the event of brake failure when backing onto the dock, the train could be diverted up the safety spur and its own weight would stop it. John also mentioned that there was a turntable next to Jerseyside station to turn the engine. |
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