Photographs
of Port Union courtesy of the Sir William F. Coaker Heritage
Foundation
Photo 1- Port Union, late 1940s. factory building - home of the
Advocate
in the background
(Courtesy of Ms. Mabel Lodge, Port Union)
Photo 2 - Port Union, late 1940s
(Courtesy of Ms. Mabel Lodge, Port Union)
Photo 3 - Blacksmith shop, March 2, 1945. The day after Port
Union's "Great Fire"
(Courtesy of Ms. Mabel Lodge, Port Union)
Photos 4 and 5 - Port Union, March 2,1945. Note the long shed on
the pier: this is the only structure of the FUTC Premises that survived
the "Great Fire". Folklore has it that it was a kerosene storage
shed
(Photo 4, Courtesy of Ms. Mabel Lodge, Port Union)
(Photo 5, Courtesy of Ms. Mabel Lodge, Port Union)
Photo 6 - Port Union, around 1920
(Photo from Mr. Bruce Sweetland)
Mr. Arthur Sweetland, working at the linotype machine in the
Fishermen's Advocate office, early 1950s. Mr. Sweetland worked for
35
years with the Advocate, and was the last employee of the paper
when it
suspended printing in May, 1980.
(Photo Courtesy of Mr and Mrs. Arthur Sweetland)
Trading Co.Premises, 1997
The Shop, 1997
Church of the Holy Martyrs, 1997
The Factory, 1997
Photographs of Port Union courtesy of the Sir
William F. Coaker Heritage Foundation
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