#377 Newcastle Packing Shed #377
by William Lum
Title
#377 Newcastle Packing Shed #377
Artist
William Lum
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
Newcastle is the last town before you get to Auburn off of I-80 in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Once the Gold Rush panned out, the miners that stayed turned to agriculture as means to make a living. With a temperate climate and fertile soil, fruit orchards flourished and in the 1870’s, the Newcastle Fruit Growers Shipping and Preserving Association was created. In 1869, the historic Transcontinental Railroad opened for traffic, connecting the East and West coasts to passengers and goods. Newcastle, with its proximity to multiple agricultural areas, ice for refrigeration, and transcontinental transport, became the largest fruit packing facility in the nation. Peaches, plums, pears, and later mandarins, traveled from Placer County to markets as far away as the East Coast. The fruit industry sustained the livelihood of much of the community, from orchard owners, to fruit pickers, to working on the railroad. In 1876, 1 million pounds of fruit was shipped out of Newcastle annually.
Today the Packing Shed have been re-purposed into antique shops, restaurants, food shops and art. The Shed has 11 artists studios and a unique gallery.
This 11” X 15” watercolor was done on Fabriano, 140 lb, rough paper.
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June 14th, 2019
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