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| − | Six Apple Warehouses:<ref>Dominion Atlantic Railway, ''[[1927-DAR CHART of Apple and Produce Warehouses|DAR Chart of Apple and Produce Warehouses, February 23, 1927]]''</ref><br> | + | Six Apple Warehouses, east to west:<ref>Dominion Atlantic Railway, ''[[1927-DAR CHART of Apple and Produce Warehouses|DAR Chart of Apple and Produce Warehouses, February 23, 1927]]''</ref><br> |
*Aylesford Fruit and Produce Shipping Company warehouse, (1927) 15,000 barrel capy. | *Aylesford Fruit and Produce Shipping Company warehouse, (1927) 15,000 barrel capy. | ||
*Aylesford Fruit and Produce Shipping Company warehouse, (1927) 1,500 barrel capy. | *Aylesford Fruit and Produce Shipping Company warehouse, (1927) 1,500 barrel capy. | ||
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*L.O. Neilly apple warehouse, (1927) 10,0000 barrel capy. | *L.O. Neilly apple warehouse, (1927) 10,0000 barrel capy. | ||
*L.O. Neilly apple warehouse, (1927) 5,000 barrel capy. | *L.O. Neilly apple warehouse, (1927) 5,000 barrel capy. | ||
| − | Whitman Evaporator | + | Whitman Evaporator<br> |
[[United Fruit Companies]] Canning Factory and Evaporator | [[United Fruit Companies]] Canning Factory and Evaporator | ||
==Description & History== | ==Description & History== | ||
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Revision as of 18:08, 19 July 2021
Aylesford, Nova Scotia
Subdivision Kentville, Mile 17.5
Facilities & Features
Commerce & Industry
Six Apple Warehouses, east to west:[1]
- Aylesford Fruit and Produce Shipping Company warehouse, (1927) 15,000 barrel capy.
- Aylesford Fruit and Produce Shipping Company warehouse, (1927) 1,500 barrel capy.
- Aylesford Fruit Company/Acadia Fruit Company apple warehouse, (1927) 15,000 barrel capy.
- Aylesford Fruit and Produce Shipping Company warehouse, (1927) 10,000 barrel capy.
- L.O. Neilly apple warehouse, (1927) 10,0000 barrel capy.
- L.O. Neilly apple warehouse, (1927) 5,000 barrel capy.
Whitman Evaporator
United Fruit Companies Canning Factory and Evaporator
Description & History
Gallery
Aylesford to Kingston Aerial.
Track chart of Aylesford, showing the station, apple warehouses and water tower, 1918.
Track Chart, United Fruit Companies canning factory, Aylesford, 1918.
Colourized postcard of a DAR locomotive and westbound freight at Aylesford in front of the L. E. Neilly warehouse, circa 1920s.
Topographic map from Auburn to Aylesford circa 1956.
Dayliner Train No. 95 en route to Yarmouth in first week of service at Aylesford August 27, 1956.
Aylesford Station west end, looking along east apple warehouse spur September 1958.
CPR No. 8133 wayfreight en route to Annapolis Royal at Aylesford in August 1959.
Aylesford looking east in 1975.
VIA Rail sand platform at Aylesford. April, 1986.
VIA Rail sand platform at Aylesford. April, 1986.
1977 aerial photo of Aylesford.
1977 aerial photo of Aylesford.
1967 photo of Aylesford.
References & Footnotes
- Alexander MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873
- 1969 Memorandum of General Information
- ↑ Dominion Atlantic Railway, DAR Chart of Apple and Produce Warehouses, February 23, 1927
