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Berwick Railyard showing the trackage and industries, primarily the apple industry, that it served. Year and photographer unknown. What we do know it that in comparing this to the 1938 Berwick insurance map, there are structures on this photo that pre-date that map and so we know at least that this photo is before 1938. Note the station painted in the DAR yellow.
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[[Berwick]] Railyard in 1931, showing the trackage and industries, primarily the apple industry, that it served. The photograph was taken in May 1931 by Richard McCully and David Reid, air photographers from Moncton, New Brunswick. Starting from the [[Berwick Station]] in centre, railway buildings from clockwise are: Pleasant Valley Apple Warehouse; S.B. Chute apple warehouse; level crossing of Commerical Street; [[Berwick Evaporator|R.J. Graham Evaporator]] and attached apple warehouse; P.L. Morse apple warehouse (with false front); another S.B. Chute Warehouse; Berwick Fruit applewarehouse, level crossing of Foster Street; oil unloading racks for Robinson's Imperial Oil dealership.
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A creation of this view in HO scale is being constructed by volunteers and can be visited during the summer at Berwick's [[:Category:Apple Capital Museum|Apple Capital Museum]].
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==References==
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Ronald Illsley, ''Berwick'' 2008, pages 140-141.
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Dan Soucoup, ''New Brunswick from the Air'', page 3.
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[[Category:Jim Taylor Collection]]
 
[[Category:Jim Taylor Collection]]

Latest revision as of 18:08, 23 March 2016

Berwick Railyard in 1931, showing the trackage and industries, primarily the apple industry, that it served. The photograph was taken in May 1931 by Richard McCully and David Reid, air photographers from Moncton, New Brunswick. Starting from the Berwick Station in centre, railway buildings from clockwise are: Pleasant Valley Apple Warehouse; S.B. Chute apple warehouse; level crossing of Commerical Street; R.J. Graham Evaporator and attached apple warehouse; P.L. Morse apple warehouse (with false front); another S.B. Chute Warehouse; Berwick Fruit applewarehouse, level crossing of Foster Street; oil unloading racks for Robinson's Imperial Oil dealership.

A creation of this view in HO scale is being constructed by volunteers and can be visited during the summer at Berwick's Apple Capital Museum.

References

Ronald Illsley, Berwick 2008, pages 140-141.

Dan Soucoup, New Brunswick from the Air, page 3.

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