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*Standard 40' x 100' size | *Standard 40' x 100' size | ||
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| + | *Capacity of 12,000 barrels of apples<ref>Dominion Atlantic Railway, ''[[1927-DAR CHART of Apple and Produce Warehouses|DAR Chart of Apple and Produce Warehouses, February 23, 1927]]''</ref> | ||
===History=== | ===History=== | ||
| − | Built circa 1890. Destroyed by fire in 1971. | + | Built circa 1890. Destroyed by fire in 1971.<ref>[http://www.kingsport.ca/history/history.htm Cora Atkinson, ''A History of Kingsport, Nova Scotia'', "Site of Railway Station and two Warehouses", page. 26]]</ref> |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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*[http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=104979005909133144450.00043c4fd963091c925db&ie=UTF8&z=11 Mike's CVR Fruit Warehouses Google Map]] | *[http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=104979005909133144450.00043c4fd963091c925db&ie=UTF8&z=11 Mike's CVR Fruit Warehouses Google Map]] | ||
[[Category:Apple Warehouses]] | [[Category:Apple Warehouses]] | ||
Revision as of 22:18, 10 January 2020
Kingsport Fruit Company Warehouse, Kingsport
Mile 13.5 on the Kingsport Subdivision
- Served by siding south of mainline directly facing Kingsport Station
- Located at east end of siding, inside the Kingsport Wye just east of the Mayflower Fruit Company warehouse
- Insulated Apple Warehouse
- Standard 40' x 100' size
- Wooden construction
- Capacity of 12,000 barrels of apples[1]
History
Built circa 1890. Destroyed by fire in 1971.[2]
Gallery
DAR locomotive No. 470 with Train No. 11 at the Kingsport Station, with the Kingsport Fruit Company warehouse on the far left, circa 1942.
Air photo of Kingsport, showing Kingsport's two apple warehouses facing the Kingsport Station in 1945.
