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Mile 11.19 on the [[:Category:Subdivision Weston|Weston Subdivision]] at [[Somerset]]
 
Mile 11.19 on the [[:Category:Subdivision Weston|Weston Subdivision]] at [[Somerset]]
  
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This [[:Category:Apple Warehouses|apple warehouse]] was owned by a co-operative of apple farmers from the Welsford area just north of the warehouse, including members of the Fuller family. It included extensive windows and dormers to light and heat the packing rooms. After the demise of the North Mountain Line is was converted to a barn with cattle in the basement and hay in the upper floors but retained almost all of its apple warehouse features.
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This [[:Category:Apple Warehouses|apple warehouse]] was owned by a co-operative of apple farmers from the Welsford area just north of the warehouse, including members of the Fuller family. It included extensive windows and dormers to light and heat the packing rooms. After the demise of the North Mountain Line, it was bought by Earle Fuller and converted first to house laying hens and later to a barn with cattle in the basement and hay in the upper floors. Despite the new use, the warehouse retained most of its apple warehouse features.
  
 
* Served by a siding north of the mainline
 
* Served by a siding north of the mainline
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==References and Footnotes==
 
==References and Footnotes==
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*''[[The Weston Branch and Margaretville in Nova Scotia]]'' by Elizabeth M. Clarke, page 11
 
*[http://dardpi.ca/wiki/index.php?title=19310621-DARETT|Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table 1931, p. 7]
 
*[http://dardpi.ca/wiki/index.php?title=19310621-DARETT|Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table 1931, p. 7]
  

Revision as of 18:16, 17 February 2013

Welsford Fruit Company Warehouse, Somerset

Mile 11.19 on the Weston Subdivision at Somerset

This apple warehouse was owned by a co-operative of apple farmers from the Welsford area just north of the warehouse, including members of the Fuller family. It included extensive windows and dormers to light and heat the packing rooms. After the demise of the North Mountain Line, it was bought by Earle Fuller and converted first to house laying hens and later to a barn with cattle in the basement and hay in the upper floors. Despite the new use, the warehouse retained most of its apple warehouse features.

  • Served by a siding north of the mainline
  • standard 40' x 100'
  • Wooden construction

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