Canadian Bridge Company – 1916

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• These are some of the best pics, IMO, that have been passed along to you, Andrew!

  The second picture is without a doubt looking north east, taken from the west side of the tracks.The two tracks running straight, as mentioned
  are the C&O. All the other tracks belong to the Essex Terminal Railway. We can tell the direction we're
  looking thanks to these two railways. If you notice in pic 2, on the right side of the tracks is a semaphore.
  This signaling device would be warning the C&O driver of the diamond crossing the Essex Terminal, whos
  main line ran just south of CBC. The diamond is only 300 or so feet behind the camera man.
  On the left foreground of pic 1 we see part of the huge gantry cranes on the southside of the plant.
  These are what Gord was talking about.......and I totally remember them too!
  Interesting to note in pic 2, in the background on the right is a passenger car!

  Pic 3 is from the other end, taken from the same side of the tracks. We can even see the supports for the gantry
  cranes on this end. These cranes and this building amazingly still exist. You can get a good look at them on streetview
  if you drop the little guy on St Luke, just south of Ontario st. They remain nearly the exact same. There is even some
  old knob an tube wiring hangin off the thing!

  Whew...... typing all that on an ipod frickin sucks!

  Thanks Andrew!

• Sorry it got all broken up like that everyone lol

• AAron i thought that was a passenger car off in the distance i'm kind of curious about all those tracks on what seems to be company property especially the one that extends out to where that passenger car is sitting i remember when i worked there there was in fact a siding that came right into our plant for loading that sound about right this siding came into the plant from the south end great old photos Aaron i guess my sometimerfs is setting today after i read what you typed above i still asked what the other trackage was for DUH!there was another old semaphore along the track next to factoria park i got the arm from it about 25yrs ago i'm not sure but the cement pad it sat on might still be there maybe right behind the sally ann retail store

• My spelling sucks today ..can you say spell check

• Go to Google street view and type 1236 St. Luke Windsor Ontario and there is a gantry crane, don't know if this is the one mentioned ?

• Wow I remember my grandfather used to talk about this place all the time. He used to work at that plant. Hey I know this is a little off topic but I was wondering if anybody knew any history about Lesperance in Tecumseh. I was wondering the history behind the little medical building on Little River and Lesperance as I knew the streetcar used to go right by it. Same with the building that now houses esso and cheesewheelz on riverside just to the east of lesperance. The back of the esso building has some bricked up windows that serve no purpose anymore. Really no articles about that area on this site and I've always been itching with curiousity. Thanks to anyone who has any info.

• Mike, that's the crane I was refering to.
  Gary, its alright we all get old.

  Mitch, I doubt that medical center had anything to do with the streetcar. Seems a little too modern.
  The Esso has a "feed store" look tp it though.

• thanks Aaron, I go by there almost daily and I've always been curious about that whole area.

• In response to Gord, I too remember those two big steel structures. And as a kid I would look to them with wonderment. On the way to Grandmas about every month, we would head down to the end of Ottawa Street and pass them. To a seven year old, they were other worldly.

• Gord and David: Are these "scatter tower" things the metal structures you're talking about? http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2010/11/18/canada-bridge-works/