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==Edward E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse [[Falmouth]]==
(Later incorporated into the [[Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse]])
*Brick Construction
*Capacity (1927): 7,500 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>
*Track Location:North Side of Tracks on spur, westward faing switch

===History===
Edward E. Armstrong was from a long-established family of farmers in the Falmouth area. He was an early investor in expanding the apple industry. He built a brick fruit warehouse at [[Falmouth]] in 1906, across from the [[Falmouth Station]]. Armstrong built a pair of of 37 foot [[:Category:Refrigerator Cars|refrigerator cars]] in 1906, [[ARL002500|ARL Nos 2500 and 2501]].<ref>[https://books.google.ca/books?id=ms02AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA99&lpg=RA1-PA99&dq=E.+E.+Armstrong+apple+refrigerator+car&source=bl&ots=87_hGckPcO&sig=ACfU3U22GgCEjyNlaqC16zGCGk_J_aCo-A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj6-Ne-jOLpAhWll3IEHULVC9wQ6AEwDXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=E.%20E.%20Armstrong%20apple%20refrigerator%20car&f=false "Report of the Chief of the Fruit Division", Canadian Parliament, March 31, 1906, p.99]</ref> intended for fruit and dairy service. He had two more built in 1907 and by 1913, he had a fleet of five private refrigerator car. They were built at [[:Category:Rhodes, Curry & Co.|Rhodes, Curry & Co.]] in Amherst. Each had a 60,000 pound capacity and were painted light blue and lettered for the "Armstrong Refrigerator Line" on one end with a diamond shield and "Owned by E.E. Armstrong, Falmouth N.S." lettered on the other.<ref>''Amherst Daily News'', August 26, 1905, cited in Mike Parker, ''End of the Line The Dominion Atlantic Railway: A Trip Back in Time'', Lawrencetown NS: Pottersfield Press (2019), p. 196</ref> Armstrong sold his refrigerator cars to the Intercolonial Railway in April 1913.<ref>[[Canadian_Railway_and_Marine_World_-_1913-04_-_E._E._Armstong_of_Falmouth_Sells_His_Refridgerator_Cars|"E. E. Armstrong of Falmouth Sells His Refridgerator Cars", ''Canadian Railway and Marine World'', April 1913]]</ref>

Armstrong's warehouse was later lengthened with a third loading door. His warehouse was later bought by the [[Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse|Falmouth Fruit Company]] who added to it and joined it together with an even larger new brick tile warehouse. The original Edwards brick warehouse survives today, as part of a large warehouse for the Avon Valley Floral Company, a prominent surviving railway landmark easily spotted from the Highway 101 at Falmouth.

==Gallery==
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File:GertridgeArmstrongbill.jpg|Receipt for refrigerator cars [[ARL002500|ARL Nos 2500 and 2501]], ordered from [[:Category:Rhodes, Curry & Co.|Rhodes, Curry & Co.]] by [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse|Edward E. Armstrong]], Aug. 17.1905. 
File:Armstrong2501.jpg|Photograph of custom refrigerator car [[ARL002500|ARL No. 2500]] made for [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse|Edward E. Armstrong]], circa 1906.
File:Armstrong Reefer 2501.jpg|Refrigerator car [[ARL002500|ARL No. 2501]], made for [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse|Edward E. Armstrong]], circa November 1906.
File:DAR Falmouth Station Summertime 1906.jpg|[[Falmouth Station]] with [[Windsor]] in background and new [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]], 1906.
File:Gertridge Reefer 5.jpeg|[[Falmouth Station]] with the [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]] and Armstrong's two refrigerator cars [[ARL002500|Nos. 2500 and 2501]], circa 1906.
File:A021540.jpg|[[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]] in [[Falmouth]], circa 1910. 
File:GertridgeArmstrongFBPostJan202022.jpg|[[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]] in [[Falmouth]] with his refrigerator cars [[ARL002500|Nos. 2500 and 2501]] circa 1906 and same location in 2022.
File:Gertridge Reefer 4.jpeg|DAR westbound freight at [[Falmouth Station]] with a brakeman on [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse|E. E. Armstrong's]] refrigerator car [[ARL002500|No. 2500]], circa 1910.
File:CRMW 1913 April P170B.jpg|News clipping: [[Canadian_Railway_and_Marine_World_-_1913-04_-_E._E._Armstong_of_Falmouth_Sells_His_Refridgerator_Cars|"E. E. Armstrong of Falmouth Sells His Refridgerator Cars", ''Canadian Railway and Marine World'', April 1913.]]
File:DAR - Engine 8133 Train 11 - Moving East-Falmouth-Harold Jenkins Photo-July 1959.JPG|[[CPR8133|Locomotive No. 8133]] and [[Train_No._11#19.3F.3F_-_19.3F.3F.2C_To_Yarmouth_Passenger_Service|Train No. 11]], passing ruins of [[Falmouth Station]] and the [[E. E. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]], now made part of the [[Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse]], July 1959.
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.
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==References and Footnotes==
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==External Links==
[http://www.avonvalleyfloral.ca/about-us/ Avon Valley Floral company, current owners]

[https://www.facebook.com/gertridge/posts/pfbid02YzJ5yhiztFkbLAuyqD9zSwdfgMurvjw5Qorpx2MbJiz6X189wvKDkfSCKgAdX1SLl Chris Gertridge, Facebook Post about E.E. Armstrong fruit cars, October 20, 2022]

[[Category:Apple Warehouses]]