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Revision as of 20:32, 10 April 2021
Welsford Fruit Company Warehouse, Somerset
Mile 11.19 on the Weston Subdivision at Somerset
This apple warehouse was owned by a co-operative of apple farmers from the Welsford area just north of the warehouse, including members of the Fuller family. After the demise of the North Mountain Line, it was bought by Earle Fuller and converted first to house laying hens and later to a barn with cattle in the basement and hay in the upper floors. Despite the new use, the warehouse retained most of its apple warehouse features aside from the dormers added to the 2nd floor for the hens. The evocative warehouse features made it a landmark in the Somerset area and it was even used as a setting for a wedding ceremony. The warehouse was sold to new owners in 2019. The warehouse was destroyed by an accidental fire on March 16, 2021.[1]
- Served by a siding north of the mainline
- standard 40' x 100'
- Wooden construction
- 10,000 barrel capacity[2]
Gallery
Exterior, Welsford Fruit Company warehouse, Somerset, Aug. 17, 1996
Interior, Welsford Fruit Company warehouse, Somerset, showing the old apple packing room with apple barrel stencils, Aug. 17, 1996
Interior, Welsford Fruit Company warehouse with scale and barrel stencils on the wall, Aug. 17, 1996
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse overall view from south, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse dormer details, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse dormer details, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse basement, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse basement, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse, detail of eave bracket, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse, door detail, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse, ventilator detail, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse, ventilator detail, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse, ventilator detail, 2007
Welsford Fruit Company warehouse, window detail, 2007
References and Footnotes
- The Weston Branch and Margaretville in Nova Scotia by Elizabeth M. Clarke, page 11
- Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table 1931, p. 7
