The Lawn of Hiram Walker - 1899
October 22, 2014
This view looking west from what is today known as the Canadian Club Brand Centre, shows some of the long lost distillery buildings. The white grain silos today sit to the rear of the taller building. Perhaps an earlier version? You can also see a bit of the Walkerville…
Ford City Bathing Beach - c 1930
October 20, 2014
Over the weekend, I found another shot of what was by then called the East Windsor Bathing Beach. Ford City was renamed East Windsor in 1929, with the arrival of the large Chrysler Factory at Drouillard & Tecumseh.
A neat photo you can see the way it was built up to…
2490 McDougall - Demolished
October 15, 2014
Back in May, we took a look at 2490 McDougall which was then living on borrowed time.
Sometime over the last couple of weeks, the building eaters came in and wiped it away. The rear portion will continue to remain standing.
Hope everyone had a nice long weekend and a happy…
View From The Walkerville Fire Hall - 1895
October 10, 2014
Photo courtesy SWODA
This photo appeared in “Souvenir : Windsor and Walkerville, May, 1895 : Official Programme of Grand Military Demonstration, May 24th, 25th, and 26th, 1895.” published in 1895. It is a view of Walkerville from the Fire Station looking East…
Dougall Avenue Rail Overpasses - 1972
October 3, 2014
So a few weeks back, there was a post with a photo looking at the Dougall “Super-Highway” from 1931. In the comments on that thread Tom D says he was forwarding a picture showing the 3 bridges from 1972…
Here’s the image:
The Dougall/Ouellette merge…
W.E. & L.S. Railway - Car # 507 - 1939
September 29, 2014
Photo © from the Collection of Bernie Drouillard
Back in 2008 in this post, we took a look at the Windsor, Essex and Lake Shore Rapid Railway. In that post you can see the cars being shipped out of town. While the other post shows pictures from December, 1939, this one…