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* 3,800 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> | * 3,800 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> | ||
| − | This warehouse was built in the 1890s, as part of George H. Yeaton's large candy factory complex which operated on Station Street from the 1890s to 1941. The apple business was evidently a sideline of the Yeaton candy business and used a warehouse that was unique on the DAR. | + | This warehouse was built in the 1890s, as part of George H. Yeaton's large candy factory complex which operated on Station Street from the 1890s to 1941.<ref>Allen B. Robertson, ''Tide and Timber: Hantsport Nova Scotia 1795-1995'', Lancelot Press, 1996, page 94-95.</ref> |
| + | The apple business was evidently a sideline of the Yeaton candy business and used a warehouse that was unique on the DAR. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
Revision as of 18:22, 4 January 2020
George H. Yeaton Warehouse Hantsport
Mile 38.5 on the Halifax Subdivision at Hantsport
- Wooden construction
- Two-story
- 3,800 barrel capacity[1]
This warehouse was built in the 1890s, as part of George H. Yeaton's large candy factory complex which operated on Station Street from the 1890s to 1941.[2]
The apple business was evidently a sideline of the Yeaton candy business and used a warehouse that was unique on the DAR.
Gallery
Hantsport viewed looking east from boxcar on the Hantsport team track with the Hantsport Station, the G.H. Yeaton Warehouse and the Sandford apple warehouse, circa 1895.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Dominion Atlantic Railway, DAR Chart of Apple and Produce Warehouses, February 23, 1927
- ↑ Allen B. Robertson, Tide and Timber: Hantsport Nova Scotia 1795-1995, Lancelot Press, 1996, page 94-95.
