Port Williams Fruit Company

Port Williams Fruit Company Limited, Port Williams

Mile 51.5 on the Halifax Subdivision

History

Built circa 1900 by Henry Welton as a wooden apple warehouse, it was purchased in 1910 by the Port Williams Fruit Company, a co-operative formed by several farmers in the Port William area who banded together to jointly ship and market their apples and potatoes. The company joined other fruit co-ops to form the United Fruit Company organization in 1912. The warehouse had multiple expansions as the co-op grew and offered more services including fertilizer and gasoline. It was extended to the east in 1922 and to the north in 1924. A dust factory for insecticide spray was also added in 1924 and a coal shed was built in 1926. Part of the warehouse was converted to cold storage in 1932. The company was taken over by Scotian Gold in 1965 and continued as a fruit and vegetable warehouse. It was destroyed by a large fire in the early 2000s.

Gallery

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  The Port Williams Fruit Company co-op apple warehouse interior, 1913.

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  Port Williams showing the Port Williams Station, the Port Williams Fruit Company and other warehouses as well as the evaporator ruins, August 1931.

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  The Port Williams Fruit Company co-op apple warehouse, 1934.

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  Port Williams Station, looking west to the Port Williams Fruit Company warehouse, summer/early fall 1973 just before the station's demolition.