Unsued in years and in disrepair, the Wyandotte Subway is due for demoliton and removal shortly. Unlike its neighbour to the east at Drouillard Road, which is being rehabilitated and was built with steam shovels, and other heavy machinery, this one was built by hand.
During the middle of the depression, in a effort to create work for the enemployed men of Walkerville, the town of Walkerville, started to build a subway under the Pere Marquette railroad tracks just east of Walker Road. The entire thing was dug by hand with shovels.
Starting August 13th, Wyadotte Street closes from Walker to Cadillac for the removal of this underpass, and the refurbishment of the Drouillard Road one.
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Does anyone know it how long it took the workers to complete this project digging it picks and shovels. I would like to contrast it with how far we we have come in technology. I bet it didn't take any longer then 16 months they are estimating to build the new underpass at walkers and Tecumseh.
Does anyone know it how long it took the workers to complete this project digging it picks and shovels. I would like to contrast it with how far we we have come in technology. I bet it didn’t take any longer then 16 months they are estimating to build the new underpass at Walker andGrand Marais
Two historical signs in Walkerville have been stolen from a construction site. The bronze signs were posted at the corner of Walker Road and Wyandotte Street East in 1934 as part of the underpass. They were scheduled to be moved to Windsor's Community Museum for preservation and display, but they went missing on Friday. Anyone with information is asked to call Windsor Police or Crimestoppers.
This really sucks, who knows where these signs gonna end up now ???
Probably to the scrap yard.
That wouldn't surprise me in this city. If that's the case it's good to see that historical items are worth more to someone for petty scrap prices. What a joke.
Considering the timing and events surrounding their disappearance, I'd be more inclined to believe they are in someone's personal collection right now.
Douglas the Chesapeeake &Ohio RR took over control of the pere Marquette in 1947 and the turntable in the area you mentioned is just a wye still there but not used much anymore