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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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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>Packing House Owned By A Former Mayor Burns To The Ground: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CHMzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z-MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5087,3226656&dq=packing+house+death+san+jose&hl=en September 23, 1915 San Jose Evening News]</ref>.
  
 
==Locations==
 
==Locations==

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].

Locations

Location Years Address Details

References

  1. Packing House Owned By A Former Mayor Burns To The Ground: September 23, 1915 San Jose Evening News