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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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,