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Revision as of 19:20, 22 January 2013
Herbert Oyler Apple Warehouses Canning
Mile 10.7 on the Kingsport Subdivision at Canning
One of a number of apple warehouses owned by independent fruit dealer Herbert Oyler.
- Served by siding north of the mainline
- Standard 40' x 100' size
- 8,000 barrel capacity
- Wooden construction
History
- Built about 1890
- Became warehouse for Kent Foods in 1946, connected to Kent Foots Apple Juice Plant by overheard conveyor across North Avenue
- Now Canning Volunteer Fire Department
Gallery
Locomotive No. 31 at Canning Station with the Oyler apple warehouse under construction.
Oyler apple warehouse, now Canning fire hall, October 2007
References and Footnotes
- Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, pmp -HE.2804 DC
- Canning Library and Heritage Centre Historical Calendar 2000
- DAR Chart of Apple Warehouses Feb. 12, 1927, Leon Barron Collection
