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| − | E.E. Thompson built a brick fruit warehouse at Falmouth in 1906, across from the [[Falmouth Station]]. It was later joined together with a large new brick tile warehouse built by the Falmouth Fruit Company. After the decline of the apple export industry, the warehouse was used for a variety of commercial and storage uses and remains a prominent surviving railway landmark easily spotted from the Highway 101 at Falmouth. | + | E.E. Thompson built a brick fruit warehouse at [[Falmouth]] in 1906, across from the [[Falmouth Station]]. It was later joined together with a large new brick tile warehouse built by the Falmouth Fruit Company. After the decline of the apple export industry, the warehouse was used for a variety of commercial and storage uses and remains a prominent surviving railway landmark easily spotted from the Highway 101 at Falmouth. |
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Revision as of 09:42, 21 October 2018
Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse
Mile 32.88 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision (Mile 48.69 from Halifax)
History
E.E. Thompson built a brick fruit warehouse at Falmouth in 1906, across from the Falmouth Station. It was later joined together with a large new brick tile warehouse built by the Falmouth Fruit Company. After the decline of the apple export industry, the warehouse was used for a variety of commercial and storage uses and remains a prominent surviving railway landmark easily spotted from the Highway 101 at Falmouth.
Gallery
Falmouth Station with Windsor in background and new E.E Thompson Warehouse, 1906.
RDC No. 9058 or No. 9059 at Falmouth Station with the Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse, 1959.
Falmouth, looking east towards Windsor with the Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse to left, July 19, 1975.
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