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File:DAR Falmouth Station Summertime 1906.jpg|[[Falmouth Station]] with [[Windsor]] in background and new [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]], 1906. | File:DAR Falmouth Station Summertime 1906.jpg|[[Falmouth Station]] with [[Windsor]] in background and new [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]], 1906. | ||
File:A021540.jpg|[[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]] in [[Falmouth]], circa 1910. | File:A021540.jpg|[[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]] in [[Falmouth]], circa 1910. | ||
| + | File:GertridgeArmstrongFBPostJan202022.jpg|[[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]] in [[Falmouth]] with his refrigerator cars [[ARL002500|Nos. 2500 and 2501]] circa 1906 and same location in 2022, taken by [[Category:Chris Gertridge Collection|Chris Gertridge]], January 2022. | ||
File:DAR - Engine 8133 Train 11 - Moving East-Falmouth-Harold Jenkins Photo-July 1959.JPG|[[CPR8133|Locomotive No. 8133]] and [[Train_No._11#19.3F.3F_-_19.3F.3F.2C_To_Yarmouth_Passenger_Service|Train No. 11]], passing ruins of [[Falmouth Station]] and the [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]], now made part of the [[Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse]], July 1959. | File:DAR - Engine 8133 Train 11 - Moving East-Falmouth-Harold Jenkins Photo-July 1959.JPG|[[CPR8133|Locomotive No. 8133]] and [[Train_No._11#19.3F.3F_-_19.3F.3F.2C_To_Yarmouth_Passenger_Service|Train No. 11]], passing ruins of [[Falmouth Station]] and the [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]], now made part of the [[Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse]], July 1959. | ||
File:Falmouth IMG 1288.JPG|Loading doors of the old [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]], later the [[Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse]] in [[Falmouth]], June 19, 2011. | File:Falmouth IMG 1288.JPG|Loading doors of the old [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]], later the [[Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse]] in [[Falmouth]], June 19, 2011. | ||
Revision as of 17:16, 22 October 2022
Edward E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse Falmouth
(Later incorporated into the Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse)
- Brick Construction
- Capacity (1927): 7,500 Apple Barrels[1]
- Track Location:North Side of Tracks on spur, westward faing switch
History
Edward E. Armstrong was from a long-established family of farmers in the Falmouth area. He was an early investor in expanding the apple industry. He built a brick fruit warehouse at Falmouth in 1906, across from the Falmouth Station. Armstrong built and owned a pair of of 37 foot refrigerator cars in 1906, ARL Nos 2500 and 2501.[2] intended for fruit and dairy service.intended for fruit and dairy service in 1906. 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.[3]
Armstrong's warehouse was later lengthened with a third loading door. His warehouse was later bought by the Falmouth Fruit Company who added to it and joined it together with an even larger new brick tile warehouse. The original Edwards brick warehouse survives today, as part of a large warehouse for the Avon Valley Floral Company, a prominent surviving railway landmark easily spotted from the Highway 101 at Falmouth.
Gallery
Receipt for refrigerator cars ARL Nos 2500 and 2501, ordered from Rhodes, Curry & Co. by Edward E. Armstrong, Aug. 17.1905.
Photograph of custom refrigerator car ARL No. 2500 made for Edward E. Armstrong, circa 1906.
Refrigerator car ARL No. 2501, made for Edward E. Armstrong, circa November 1906.
Falmouth Station with Windsor in background and new E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse, 1906.
E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse in Falmouth, circa 1910.
E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse in Falmouth with his refrigerator cars Nos. 2500 and 2501 circa 1906 and same location in 2022, taken by, January 2022.
Locomotive No. 8133 and Train No. 11, passing ruins of Falmouth Station and the E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse, now made part of the Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse, July 1959.
Loading doors of the old E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse, later the Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse in Falmouth, June 19, 2011.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Dominion Atlantic Railway, DAR Chart of Apple and Produce Warehouses, February 23, 1927
- ↑ "Report of the Chief of the Fruit Division", Canadian Parliament, March 31, 1906, p.99
- ↑ 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
External Links
Avon Valley Floral company, current owners
Chris Gertridge, Facebook Post about E.E. Armstrong fruit cars, Octooer 20, 2022
