Happy Railroad Friday everyone. Continuing, as promised the series of rail related photos, today is a 2-for-1 special. A pair of photos looking at the Sandwich Street Bridge over the CPR tracks.
This photo is looking north towards the river. The building on the left is probably related to the old Windsor Salt Co., and a bit of the old CPR passenger station can been seen on the right.
Here’s a view from the road level, looking east. A nice view of the old CPR station
A postcard view of the station. In a past post, I attributed the station to architect, Edward Colonna and as being built in 1890, however I have also come across a listing crediting architect Bruce Price and lists it as being built in 1889. So dear reader, your guess is as good as mine as to who and when….
There is still a bridge there today, although the entire scene is much different today. If you are down on the riverfront trail, traces of the station still exist in the piers of the bridge above.
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Those are great photo’s Andrew, thanks! You’re right about the salt company building. I think originally the sign painted on the building siad “Saginaw Salt Company Limited” and later “Canadian Salt Company Limited”.
Note the streetcar tracks in on the bridge in the second shot.
I really think the city shuld rebuild this station and incorperate it into the riverfront trail. It could make a great rest stop w/ washrooms, an obsevation post in the tower, maybe even a Timmies. You could have historical photo’s inside at each window,showing what the riverfront looked like in the direction you’re looking.
“I really think the city shuld rebuild this station and incorperate it into the riverfront trail. It could make a great rest stop w/ washrooms, an obsevation post in the tower, maybe even a Timmies. You could have historical photo’s inside at each window,showing what the riverfront looked like in the direction you’re looking”
I don’t think that will ever happen. I mean the city couldn’t even design that peace beacon properly and well we have the Canderal building in all it’s miniture glory.
Those tracks in the second photo are the tracks that the Amhertsburg strret car line used along Sandwich St.(Riverside Dr.)to Elm St. to London St.(University Ave.) back to Sandwich St. then follow the route to Amherstburg.
cool pictures…….i always walk across this bridge……..so sad that the old train station is gone……..toooo bad ! dam windsor gets rid of anything old in this city! the only thing you can still see Bernard is the old tracks on Elm st still cracking through the rd.lol
cool photos!
Great pictures!! Too bad the CPR station is long gone though, that would be a great to see.
This is the station that burned in the early 90’s?
Douglasm, I think you’re referring to the Michigan Central Station down from the tunnel at Tecumseh rd.
it makes me so dam mad that the city of windsor cares nothing about windsors past they want tourist destinations but keep knocking them down they could certainly take a few lessons from london
The CPR station on the river has been gone for many years. As the name implies probably it was the Canadian Pacific Railroad, NOT the city that decided to tear it down. Long after it was gone CN operated both passenger and freiht operations on the riverfront, a hotel was where the fountain is acros from that terrific land mark resturant is buried in the side of the road.
The hotel was the B A, and the plywood palace was built, and gone before C N left.
Doug, same line, different station. This one was gone by the 1940’s.
The tower part of this station was completely unique when compared to any train station that I’ve been able to find. Because this station was right down on the Detroit river and at the ferry terminus from Detroit, I’m wondering if the tower section started out with some sort of lighthouse function. The river is often pretty foggy.
If you go to the riverfront where the Spirit of Windsor is, this is the location of the old
CN station that was in use until 1961, when the temporary station in WAlkerville opened. The CN and Great Western from before 1882 where on the riverfront,