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Photograph of a custom refrigerator car made for Edward E. Armstrong, a large apple grower in Falmouth, NS, circa 1905. Armstrong had a small fleet of his own reefers to ship apples in season as well as other products.They were built at Rhodes, Curry & Co. in Amherst. Each had a 60,000 pound capacity and were painted light blue and lettered for the "Armstrong Refrigerator Line" on one end with a diamond shield and "Owned by E.E. Armstrong, Falmouth N.S." lettered on the other.[1]
Photograph used with permission courtesy of Chris Gertridge. Originally posted on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DARDPI.ca/permalink/1026733024361793/
- ↑ Amherst Daily News, August 26, 1905, cited in Mike Parker, End of the Line The Dominion Atlantic Railway: A Trip Back in Time, Lawrencetown NS: Pottersfield Press (2019), p. 196
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