The old WE&LS interurban streetcar line that ran from Windsor to Leamington, via Essex and Kingsville may be a long distant memory, but there are a few small traces of the old network still around today. This building on Park Street in Kingsville down near the harbour, one did duty as the county end Powerhouse of the electric railroad.
This Post card view is from the Vintage Kingsville Facebook Group. It shows the powerhouse in operation about 1910. Funny thing about that Kingsville group is that the mayor Nelson Santos has commented on things. Imagine having a mayor that cares about history?
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A former mayor of Windsor put it best when asked why the city residents had to put up with mediocre bus service even though the city had the financial resources to provide residents with much better service: we're an auto city and mass transit is bad for our economy!
I drove by the former powerhouse last night and noticed that the building had been sold. I wonder who the new owner is and what is being planned. Is this building a designated historical structure?
My Great grandfather actually worked for this line, and actually died accidentally while working here in the 1920's, leaving my grandfather at a very young age, along with his two younger brothers.
Sad to report that Kingsville's majestic WE&LS powerhouse is no more! Demolition crews are on-site and moving quickly.
Even sadder is that Kingsville residents were not made aware of its impending demise.
This probably the last evidence that WE&LS ever existed.