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The '''Worswick Packing House''' was a drying yard in the Willows section of San Jose owned by [[George D. Worswick]] and located in the middle of his "Cherry Vale" orchard.  The drying yard was probably not very large, but was big enough to deserve a new story when the structures burned<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CHMzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z-MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5087,3226656&dq=packing+house+death+san+jose&hl=en September 23, 1915]</ref>.
  
 
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Not commercial - only listed because it burned to the ground in 1915.  Owned by George D. Worswick, in the middle of his "Cherry Vale" orchard.  Located at Cherry and Willow.  Fire reported in San Jose Evening News,
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[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CHMzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z-MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5087,3226656&dq=packing+house+death+san+jose&hl=en September 23, 1915]
 
Packing house a total loss, some trees damaged.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 04:30, 6 December 2013

Summary
Business

Fruit Dryer
Main Location

San Jose
Active

~1915

The Worswick Packing House was a drying yard in the Willows section of San Jose owned by George D. Worswick and located in the middle of his "Cherry Vale" orchard. The drying yard was probably not very large, but was big enough to deserve a new story when the structures burned[1].

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