Herbert Oyler Canning Warehouse

Herbert Oyler Apple Warehouses Canning

Mile 10.7 on the Kingsport Subdivision at Canning

One of a number of apple warehouses owned by independent fruit dealer Herbert Oyler.

• Served by siding north of the mainline
• Standard 40' x 100' size
• 8,000 barrel capacity
• Wooden construction

This warehouse was built very close to the tracks. Crews were warned that it did not provide standard clearance.

History

• Built about 1910
• Became warehouse for Kent Foods in 1946, connected to Kent Foots Apple Juice Plant by overheard conveyor across North Avenue
• Later housed the Canning Volunteer Fire Department until a new fire hall opened in 2017

Gallery

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  Locomotive No. 31 at Canning Station with the Oyler apple warehouse under construction.

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  Kent Foods Warehouse, formerly the Herbert Oyler warehouse in foreground and the Kent Foods Vinegar Plant, formerly the Maple Leaf Fruit Co. warehouse, in background at Canning, 1947.

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  Oyler apple warehouse, now Canning fire hall, October 2007

References and Footnotes

• Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, pmp -HE.2804 DC
• Canning Library and Heritage Centre Historical Calendar 2000
• Dominion Atlantic Railway, DAR Chart of Apple and Produce Warehouses, February 23, 1927

External Links

• Mike's CVR Fruit Warehouses Google Map]