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Mayflower Fruit Company warehouse
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Mayflower 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 beside the Kingsport Fruit Company warehouse
- Insulated Apple Warehouse
- small attached office on northeast corner
- Standard 40' x 100' size
- Wooden construction
History
Destroyed by large fire in 1968 which also destroyed the Kingsport Station.
Gallery
DAR locomotive No. 470 with Train No. 11 at the Kingsport station, with the the Mayflower Fruit Company warehouse on the far left, circa 1942.
Locomotive 470 at the Kingsport Station with the Mayflower Fruit Company warehouse and the Kingsport Section House, 1946.
Air photo of Kingsport, showing Kingsport's two apple warehouses facing the Kingsport Station in 1945.
