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J. H. Hicks & Sons
J. H. Hicks & Sons of Bridgetown was a construction firm and lumber mill that built the majority of the valley's apple warehouses[1] as well as many stations on the Dominion Atlantic. It was located of the north side of Bridgetown, served by the Halifax and South Western Railway. The company also operated an apple warehouse served by a spur from the H&SW. The company was founded by John Harry Hicks Junior in 1891, initially based near the Bridgetown wharves on the river, but later moving north to the tracks of the Halifax and South Western Railway, where Church Street changed to Hampton Mountain Road. Hicks had four sons, one of whom Harry Hicks would become premier of Nova Scotia.[2]
Examples of apple warehouses built by Hicks include: Berwick Fruit and the Grand Pre Fruit Company Warehouse
Stations built by Hicks include: Middleton Station, Lawrencetown Station and the Billtown Station.
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The J. H. Hicks & Sons mill complex, photographed by Stephen Archibald, 1960s.
