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Mile 11.19 on the [[:Category:Subdivision Weston|Weston Subdivision]] at [[Somerset]]
 
Mile 11.19 on the [[:Category:Subdivision Weston|Weston Subdivision]] at [[Somerset]]
  
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This [[:Category:Apple Warehouses|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. It included extensive windows and dormers to light and heat the packing rooms. After the demise of the North Mountain Line is was converted to a barn with cattle in the basement and hay in the upper floors but retained almost all of its apple warehouse features.
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This [[:Category:Apple Warehouses|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.<ref>[https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/provincial/warehouse-fire-claims-well-known-apple-industry-landmark-in-somerset-564851/ Ashley Thompson, "Warehouse fire claims well-known apple industry landmark in Somerset", ''Saltwire'', March 18, 2021]</ref>
  
 
* Served by a siding north of the mainline
 
* Served by a siding north of the mainline
 
* standard 40' x 100'
 
* standard 40' x 100'
 
* Wooden construction
 
* Wooden construction
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* 10,000 barrel capacity<ref>Dominion Atlantic Railway, ''[[1927-DAR CHART of Apple and Produce Warehouses|DAR Chart of Apple and Produce Warehouses, February 23, 1927]]''</ref>
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
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Image:100 1360.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]] overall view from south, 2007h
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File:Roll138-7Aug171996.jpg|Exterior, [[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]], [[Somerset]], Aug. 17, 1996
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File:Roll138-4Aug171996.jpg|Interior, [[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]], with the old apple packing room and barrel stencils, Aug. 17, 1996
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File:Roll138-6Aug171996.jpg|Interior, [[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]] with scale and barrel stencils on the wall, Aug. 17, 1996
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==Gallery: 2007 Photos by Mike Gerrits ==
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Image:100 1360.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]] overall view from south, 2007
 
Image:100 1361.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]] dormer details, 2007
 
Image:100 1361.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]] dormer details, 2007
 
Image:100 1362.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]] dormer details, 2007
 
Image:100 1362.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]] dormer details, 2007
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Image:100 1372.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]], ventilator detail, 2007
 
Image:100 1372.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]], ventilator detail, 2007
 
Image:100 1373.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]], window detail, 2007
 
Image:100 1373.jpg|[[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]], window detail, 2007
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==Gallery: 2021 After the Fire ==
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File:WelsfordFtCoFire1.jpg|The former [[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]] in [[Somerset]], looking northeast after the fire, March 20, 2021.
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WelsfordFt.Cofire2.jpg|The former [[Welsford Fruit Company warehouse]] in [[Somerset]], looking east across the burned out basement, March 20, 2021.
 
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==References and Footnotes==
 
==References and Footnotes==
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*[http://dardpi.ca/wiki/index.php?title=19310621-DARETT|Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table 1931, p. 7]
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*''[[The Weston Branch and Margaretville in Nova Scotia]]'' by Elizabeth M. Clarke, page 11
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*[[19310621-DARETT|Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table 1931, p. 7]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Latest revision as of 18:49, 16 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

Gallery: 2007 Photos by Mike Gerrits

Gallery: 2021 After the Fire

References and Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ashley Thompson, "Warehouse fire claims well-known apple industry landmark in Somerset", Saltwire, March 18, 2021
  2. ↑ Dominion Atlantic Railway, DAR Chart of Apple and Produce Warehouses, February 23, 1927

External Links

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