Happy Friday once again! Today’s photos are submitted by regular reader Ken Taylor.
The photos looks to be from WWI, and it looks like the Canadian Bridge Company contributed to the war effort. Looks like this room was given over to manufacturing shells.
This one has a caption on the front. It reads: “Shell Shop C.B.Co Pl #2 1916”.
Here’s another shot looking in the other direction. Maybe there’s a reader familiar with the site who can figure which way we’re looking here…
I love the shack here. The guys in the picture appear well dressed, probably a manager or foreman.
Have a good weekend everyone, see you back here Monday. Big thanks to Ken for sharing these photos!
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Thanks Kristen!!!! I thought Gord was talking about the cranes.
I remember those things too!!!! Almost the same story a David, except
I was headed to Woolworth with my Mom and brother to get clothes and gi joes. Lol
Gord, I believe the two structures off the end of Ottawa St. were used to load-test hydro transmission towers. A tower would be erected next to these and horizontal loads could be appied in two directions. The member that failed would be replaced with a heavier one. It was a way of avoiding over-designing the towers - even a small amount of unecessary weight was costly when multiplied by the large number of towers to be produced. At the age of 22 I joined Canadian Bridge (my 1st job after graduation) in May,1969 to work on the A. Murray Makay Bridge (called the Narrows Bridge during construction) in Halifax. The main girders were built in Windsor. I worked in the office for a month before working on site in Halifax/Dartmouth and remember our engineering staff invited to witness the tower tests. I saw one go to failure. I only have field photos of the bridge erection which I took with an Kodak Instamatic.
when i worked there in the late 60's early 70's i worked in the plant off walker rd we build hydro towe arms they were loaded into railroad cars from a overhead crane inside the plant
hi andrew
somehow the blurb i left ended up on part 1 thanx ed
glad to see the pictures on the website,we still use the outside north crane almost everyday and the north west end of "Valco" almost looks the same now as it did back then!
I am a member of the Hinton Historical Society. In the early 1900's CBC constructd several bridges on the Grand Trunk Pacific in the Hinon area. I am interested in the bridges particularly a 800 foot long viaduct over Prairie Creek that is 98 ft. high.
I believe the structure is still in use. Many Hinton residents are not aware of it's existance. Pls. advise any info or photos that are available.
Thank You.
Ernie Lawrence