Frank Buxton Dryer

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Summary
Business

Fruit Dryer
Main Location

Campbell
Active

1890-1892
Predecessors

Fleming's Fruit Dryer
Successors

Campbell Fruit Growers Union

Frank Buxton's Dryer was an early dried fruit packer in downtown Campbell. Buxton's Dryer had a huge drying yard near the Campbell railroad depot. Buxton succeeded Fleming's Fruit Dryer, started in 1887, but sold to the Campbell Fruit Growers Union cooperative in July 1892[1].

Buxton was a founding member of the Fruit Driers and Packers' Association.

The Sunsweet Story[2] cites a story about his dryer and the mechnical marvels used in 1891.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Campbell 1891 Central Avenue

References

  1. ↑ July 16, 1892 Pacific Rural Press
  2. ↑ Robert Couchman, The Sunsweet Story, 1967, Sunsweet Growers