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Herbert Oyler Canning Warehouse
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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.
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
