Peabody Bridge

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• http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/7051/cholera2.html

  http://www.walkervilletimes.com/37/yellow-brick.html

  Above two links were just shot over to me by Mike B. More info there as well as the City of Windsor document indicated in previous response.

• nice finds john and mike! it's funny how in the walkerville times article, it said even the peole of the time knew not to bury disesed bodies near their drinking water. then goes on to say that the definition of "near" to those people was totally different the people of today, as they'd think nothing of walking for miles to get somewhere LOL!
  i would think being at the railyard in the first place, the easiest and quickest way of disposing of the bodies would be incineration.
  i also had no clue that in 1850 windsor still only had a population of 750.

• Andrew,

  I had a question, where can I get old google earth type aerial photographs of Windsor? (like the two you used in this article) I'd love to pour over some of those old photos some day.... I'd look at them for hours.

• brendan i had stumbled across a site that had some and i was blown away with some of the shots. i sat for a very long time looking at them over and over. i forget the site so this info is usless to you lol
  but i nearly pooped myself when i seen that the whole shore of the river west of the bridge might as well have been russel street in nature!!! then docks came, then the shore was extended........amazing.
  i'm gonna look around for you, if you find it let me know because i love pouring over stuff like that too!

• thanks Aaron, sounds good. Glad to know I'm not the only one who likes that type of stuff

• yeah i love that stuff! why is it so easy to find stuff when you wern't looking for it in the first place? lol this is making me cazy, i even tried virtual motor city but there's a million pictures in there.
  i did find a picture of Kennedy C.I. from when it was brand spankin new though. not even any grass yet! and some features that just arn't there anymore.
  good luck Brendan.......i'm pretty usless with computers though....may be the problem i'm having lol

• Virtual motor city is a good site, lots of great pictures! Well, the search goes on....

• Guys,

  The photos are from DTE's aerial survey collection. As they were planning out Detroit for Hydro, occasionally Windsor snuck in there. Mostly Downtown, and some Walkerville. 1967 goes out to old St. Mary's Academy.

  http://tools.comm.wayne.edu/media/low_res/aerial_photos/indexold.htm

  Enjoy, if you like these, then you'll waste many, many hours there... I did :)

• *claps excitedly*
  thanks Andrew!!!! i plan on wasting alot of company time on these! lol

  what really stings me, is since 08:02, i've been scowering the net. i was even at the site you linked us to! but when i clicked on the year i wanted, i got that initial map where it's all green and red lines and thought "damn, there arn't aerials!" and left the site. i never bothered to click on little places on the map. LOL

  thanks again Andrew!

• Yes Aaron- I was going to tell you I've seen a few shots of Windsor from the late 20's and early 30's with Kennedy in a couple of them. I found them on the Wayne State univ website and did some digging with Windsor stuff. I too, love that kind of stuff. Andrew, my question above was answered I think..the building I'm referring to that still stands today is the "neon shop" or whatever it was termed by someone above. It is the building that is covered with vines etc. It was directly south or even attached (so it looks in the photos) to the Peabody building that was demolished in 85'.