For the month of March, the Friday old Photos will be Railroad related. So if you are a railfan, you’ll probably be looking forward to Friday. If you’re not…
Today’s old photo is dated January 9, 1921, and is captioned
The edge of the long demolished Peabody building is visible on the left. Not to be confused with the still standing Walker Power Building.
Over the years, post that relate to the Peabody Bridge, always seem to bring out a lot of memories. This is a neat photo from below.
Have a safe weekend everyone. See you back here Monday.
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This picture brings back memories of my first years working at Hiram Walker & Sons Ltd. My first job was in the printing department which was on the first floor of the old flatiron building. If I looked out the window from our office I could see the Peabody Bridge. Sadly both the bridge and the flatiron building are gone now.
Wow, Awesome Thanks!
I'll be looking forward to friday posts more than usual then!
This is a great old picture. Funny that the streetcar used to go across that ricktey old thing!
I've also heard that during shift change at Ford, the streetcar would be so loaded with guys that it wouldn't always make it up the hill to the bridge, so people would have to get out and push her up!
Fridays are going to be interesting for the next month.......
This is a great picture! I too will be especially awaiting for the March Fridays! Are you's including April's fools as a March Friday, even though it'll be April first??
The Evening Record of Nov 25, 1907 indicated that a new bridge was under construction and would be completed by May of 1908. In the interim, streetcar passengers would be required to walk across the railway tracks of the Grand Trunk and Pere Marquette railways in order to complete their journey. Once completed travellers would be able to journey from Tecumseh to Amherstburg without interruption.
what year did they remove this bridge?