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===History=== | ===History=== | ||
| − | The Falmouth Fruit Company ws a co-operative of farmers in the [[Falmouth]] area who organized to ship apples jointly. They intiially built a large warehouse on the south side of the DAR mainline, west of the [[Falmouth Station]] with a capacity of 18,000 apple barrels.<ref>[Dominion Atlantic Railway, ''[[1927-DAR CHART of Apple and Produce Warehouses|DAR Chart of Apple and Produce Warehouses, February 23, 1927]]''</ref> Sometime after 1927, they acquired the [[E. E. | + | The Falmouth Fruit Company ws a co-operative of farmers in the [[Falmouth]] area who organized to ship apples jointly. They intiially built a large warehouse on the south side of the DAR mainline, west of the [[Falmouth Station]] with a capacity of 18,000 apple barrels.<ref>[Dominion Atlantic Railway, ''[[1927-DAR CHART of Apple and Produce Warehouses|DAR Chart of Apple and Produce Warehouses, February 23, 1927]]''</ref> Sometime after 1927, they acquired the [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]] across from the [[Falmouth Station]] on the north side of the tracks. The Falmouth Fruit Company added on to the old Edwards warehouse with an even larger new brick tile warehouse served by a spur at mile 33.19. The manager in its peak years was George Henry Wilson, who later went on to be a prominent Member of the Legislature.<ref>[http://0-nsleg-edeposit.gov.ns.ca.legcat.gov.ns.ca/deposit/b10537582.pdf Elliott, Shirley B. ''The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia, page 235]</ref> After the decline of the apple export industry in the 1940s, the warehouse was used for a variety of commercial and storage uses. Today it serves as a large warehouse for the Avon Valley Floral Company and remains a prominent surviving railway landmark easily spotted from the Highway 101 at Falmouth. |
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File:DAR - Engine 8133 Train 11 - Moving East-Falmouth-Harold Jenkins Photo-July 1959.JPG|[[CPR8133|Locomotive No. 8133]] hauling [[Train_No._11#19.3F.3F_-_19.3F.3F.2C_To_Yarmouth_Passenger_Service|Train No. 11]], passing ruins of [[Falmouth Station]] and the [[Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse]], July 1959. | File:DAR - Engine 8133 Train 11 - Moving East-Falmouth-Harold Jenkins Photo-July 1959.JPG|[[CPR8133|Locomotive No. 8133]] hauling [[Train_No._11#19.3F.3F_-_19.3F.3F.2C_To_Yarmouth_Passenger_Service|Train No. 11]], passing ruins of [[Falmouth Station]] and the [[Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse]], July 1959. | ||
File:Falmouth looking east 1975 a.jpg|[[Falmouth]], looking east towards [[Windsor]] with the [[Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse]] to left, July 19, 1975. | File:Falmouth looking east 1975 a.jpg|[[Falmouth]], looking east towards [[Windsor]] with the [[Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse]] to left, July 19, 1975. | ||
| − | File:IMG 1287.JPG|The [[Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse]] and former E.E. | + | File:IMG 1287.JPG|The [[Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse]] and former [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]], with the DAR mainline in [[Falmouth]], June 19, 2011. |
Falmouth IMG 1289.JPG|Office entrance to the [[Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse]] in [[Falmouth]], photographed on June 19, 2011 by [[:Category:Dan Conlin|Dan Conlin]]. | Falmouth IMG 1289.JPG|Office entrance to the [[Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse]] in [[Falmouth]], photographed on June 19, 2011 by [[:Category:Dan Conlin|Dan Conlin]]. | ||
File:Falmouth IMG 1288.JPG|Loading doors of the old [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]], later the [[Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse]] in [[Falmouth]], June 19, 2011. | File:Falmouth IMG 1288.JPG|Loading doors of the old [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]], later the [[Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse]] in [[Falmouth]], June 19, 2011. | ||
Revision as of 18:14, 19 January 2020
Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse
Mile 33.19 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision[1]
History
The Falmouth Fruit Company ws a co-operative of farmers in the Falmouth area who organized to ship apples jointly. They intiially built a large warehouse on the south side of the DAR mainline, west of the Falmouth Station with a capacity of 18,000 apple barrels.[2] Sometime after 1927, they acquired the E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse across from the Falmouth Station on the north side of the tracks. The Falmouth Fruit Company added on to the old Edwards warehouse with an even larger new brick tile warehouse served by a spur at mile 33.19. The manager in its peak years was George Henry Wilson, who later went on to be a prominent Member of the Legislature.[3] After the decline of the apple export industry in the 1940s, the warehouse was used for a variety of commercial and storage uses. Today it serves as a large warehouse for the Avon Valley Floral Company and remains a prominent surviving railway landmark easily spotted from the Highway 101 at Falmouth.
Gallery
RDC No. 9058 or No. 9059 at Falmouth Station with the Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse, 1959.
Locomotive No. 8133 hauling Train No. 11, passing ruins of Falmouth Station and the Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse, July 1959.
Falmouth, looking east towards Windsor with the Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse to left, July 19, 1975.
The Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse and former E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse, with the DAR mainline in Falmouth, June 19, 2011.
Office entrance to the Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse in Falmouth, photographed on June 19, 2011 by Dan Conlin.
Loading doors of the old E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse, later the Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse in Falmouth, June 19, 2011.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ 1931 Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table - June 21, 1931, page 3
- ↑ [Dominion Atlantic Railway, DAR Chart of Apple and Produce Warehouses, February 23, 1927
- ↑ Elliott, Shirley B. The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory, Public Archives of Nova Scotia, page 235
