Back when Walkerville was a self contained community, this view show how well this little town was connected to the outside world.
Streetcar tracks are visible in the road. The Train station is just past the bank, and at the end of the road the Ferry to Detroit.
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Amazing how much this area has changed over the years. Everything in this shot is gone except for the bank. The silos at Hiram Walker have since been erected as well as the Walker Power building. The Peabody building has also came and gone since this picture was taken.
Here is the modern day version of this photo showing the A.H. Kahn designed bank, Walker Power building and then finally the Hiram Walker silos along the river: http://goo.gl/maps/tH3Jd
As Andrew said, it's sad how backwards Windsor has gone.....this little town was better connected to the outside world than modern Windsor is
What was behind the train station, the building you can just see a little?
At least it's still a bank, and not a bar like the one in downtown Windsor, ingeniously titled "The Bank".
Shawn, I think that was a part of the train station for baggage and such (if you mean the far left of the picture). If it is the little grey building, I believe that is where the crossing guard for teh train tracks stayed before they were automated.
Ahh very good. Thank you... yes I meant to the left of the picture. Looks like a significant size building.
All empty field now...
When did the station leave us?
It would have been nice to relocate the new station here... We certainly missed an opportunity to locate the new station in the best possible site.. Now we're left with a quonset hut station located behind hiram walker. I can only imagine people coming off the train in the heart of walkerville, surrounded by cafes, pubs, and other businesses... although I love the hiram walker buildings, I think locating such an important civic building in the heart of walkerville would have made a better impression of windsor to folks coming off the train.
AS stated before on this site VIA Rail did on the cheap, they owned land, did not have to reconfigure the tracks, also the location of the the old Walkerville maybe is not available, the lease holder is the sucssesors of Pere Marquett Railroad.
We should be thankful that they even built a new station, since they are cutting service.
Dave, I believe the station came down in the early 50's. I think 1953.
windsorshane, you said it!