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===History=== | ===History=== | ||
| − | + | The warehouse was built about 1900 by the L. A. Armstrong Apple Exporting Company and was a standard second generation apple warehouse. In later years the warehouse was a factory outlet shop for the nearby Windsor Wear textile mill. It became something of a Windsor landmark due to its prominent location downtown and a large mural depicting a railway scene which incorporated the warehouse windows into the artwork. The warehouse was acquired by the [[Windsor and Hantsport Railway]] who used the spur to park MOW equipment, but following the mothballing of the railway, the warehouse as unused. It was sold in 2016 to pay for $95,766 in taxes owed by the Windsor and Hantsport. The warehouse was purchased by the seized by the Town of Windsor who wanted the land to encourage development by the river. The warehouse was judged to be in poor repair and was demolished in late 2019.<ref>[https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/provincial/windsor-approves-demolishing-former-windsor-wear-factory-outlet-building-370479/ Carole Morris-Underhill, "Windsor approves demolishing former Windsor Wear Factory Outlet building", ''Halifax Chronicle Herald'', Oct 31, 2019</ref> | |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
Revision as of 23:01, 17 January 2020
L.A. Armstrong Apple Exporting Warehouse, Windsor
Mile 31.51 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision
- Facing the Windsor Station
- Insulated Apple Warehouse
- Wooden construction
- Capacity: 10,000 barrels of apples[1]
History
The warehouse was built about 1900 by the L. A. Armstrong Apple Exporting Company and was a standard second generation apple warehouse. In later years the warehouse was a factory outlet shop for the nearby Windsor Wear textile mill. It became something of a Windsor landmark due to its prominent location downtown and a large mural depicting a railway scene which incorporated the warehouse windows into the artwork. The warehouse was acquired by the Windsor and Hantsport Railway who used the spur to park MOW equipment, but following the mothballing of the railway, the warehouse as unused. It was sold in 2016 to pay for $95,766 in taxes owed by the Windsor and Hantsport. The warehouse was purchased by the seized by the Town of Windsor who wanted the land to encourage development by the river. The warehouse was judged to be in poor repair and was demolished in late 2019.[2]
Gallery
Locomotive No. 557 at Windsor with the L. A. Armstrong Apple Warehouse, 1924.
Locomotive No. 540 at Windsor with the L. A. Armstrong Apple Warehouse in background, 1938.
Locomotive No. 999 in Windsor with the L. A. Armstrong Apple Warehouse in the background, circa 1950.
The new Windsor Station with the old freight shed in the centre and the L. A. Armstrong Apple Warehouse, Aug. 7, 1973.
Train No. 1 at Windsor Station with the L. A. Armstrong Apple Warehouse to the left and the Avon River Causeway to the right, Aug 17, 1977.
The L. A. Armstrong Apple Warehouse in Windsor, April 1979.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Dominion Atlantic Railway, DAR Chart of Apple and Produce Warehouses, February 23, 1927
- ↑ [https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/provincial/windsor-approves-demolishing-former-windsor-wear-factory-outlet-building-370479/ Carole Morris-Underhill, "Windsor approves demolishing former Windsor Wear Factory Outlet building", Halifax Chronicle Herald, Oct 31, 2019
