Thanks to Chris Edwards, who send along even more info about the CBC to share with everyone…
All photos from a company promotional booklet from 1943.
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From the Chris Edwards Collection
A copy of the company logo.
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Inside the plant 2 assembly shop.
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Inside the plant 2 punch shop.
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An aerial view of the factory, showing plants 1 and 2. Walker Road was is in the foreground of this photo, with the office building in the foreground on the left.
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A view of the offices (after the top floor addition shown yesterday).
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A few of the buildings with Walkerville made steel framing.
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Transmission towers built by the company.
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This one was called “special structures”. The hydro station at Walker & Grand Marais maybe?
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The plant 1 stockyard.
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The Plant 2 shipping yard.
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Shipping the finished product by rail.
Another example of how diversified our manufacturing base once was in this city…
Seamless addition….and no vinyl. Amazing.
Wow, that’s an amazing find on an international manufacturing company from Windsor with a Canadian name. I wish there was more information on who founded this company: Was he raised from poor farmer’s parents like Henry Ford? Was he well educated and came from another bridge company like Walter Chrysler coming from GM? Was he related to other industrialists in Detroit? It just amazes me reading about all the former titans and the glorious industrial past of Windsor and Detroit.
is that the building that was at walker and richmond just north of the present day firehall i worked at canadian bridge for 2 years when i was a kid i remember going to a building to apply but don’t recall it being that big it was north of that hydro building right on the corner boy that brings back memories
Thanks for necro-posting Gary, I enjoy it! 🙂 I don’t know how I missed this one, but it’s a great posting that suprisingly generated little interest apparently.
I’m not sure which building you’re reffering to though. Are you talking about the office building? If so, it was here: http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=windsor+ont&hl=en&ll=42.315254,-83.002836&spn=0,0.005659&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=34.86214,92.724609&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=42.315656,-83.0031&panoid=vtYv5ffgbRFw62aZBMUXiA&cbp=12,230.15,,0,0.51
Any employee at Canadian Bridge Company from 1971-74 who knows where is John Walker now who was the General Manager at that time. I worked there in this period. Will really appreciate any help .Thanks. Call at 510-541-1247
Thanks for this website I grew up in Windsor and moved away in 2000 but have fond memories of Walkerville and the strange steel skeletons that stood on the east side of Walker road, they looked almost like rocket launch pads from Cape Canaveral. Later I lived in Edmonton and worked at the U of A taking regular walks across the imposing high level bridge, a railway and automotive bridge across the river valley. One day I came across a small plaque on the bridge that mentioned the origins of this massive structure were actually the humble little town of Walkerville and the Canadian Bridge Company the same source of the launch pad bridge towers. An article about the bridge construction and its importance to Edmonton can be found here : http://www.edmontonheritage.ca/herzog-on-heritage/the-high-level-bridge-at-100/ Keep posting guys and I’ll keep reading. Cheers!