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Walking Tour of Muddy Creek Forks Cannery Ruins
The stone foundation is all that is left of the cannery built by W. Scott Whiteford on land leased from A. M. Grove. The near end of the building was wide and two stories high. A narrower single story extension stretched along the railroad siding which is listed in railroad records as Canning House Spur. The extension had loading doors from which canned corn could be loaded directly into freight cars. When the cannery was in operation the stream between the husking shed and cannery was covered over and ran through terra-cotta pipes, so the husked corn could be transferred directly to the main building for processing. Even though canning was a seasonal business, canned food was a major traffic item for the railroad providing 12% of freight revenue in 1907. |
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