SWODA
An interesting photo showing Albert Road in Ford City getting paved. The photo was taken October 1, 1920. The work was done by Windsor contractors Merlo, Merlo & Ray.
Regular readers may remember this post from 2009 about the proposed Merloray Building. The company was founded in 1913 and folded during the depression. I wonder if plans for this building helped put an end to the company?
I love these early road-work contraptions.
I was trying to place this, but no luck. I drove down Albert, from Wyandotte to Tecumseh. I was looking for a house with those distinctive pillars, on the right. Maybe I missed it, but I couldn’t find it. There’s a few gaps, and a couple of obviously newer homes, on that street. 1021 was similar, but not the same. Nothing else about it matched the photo.
I did a Google street view drive down Albert and think I have found the location. The house next to the house with the distinctive pillars is 995. It is at the NW corner of Albert and Whelpton. You will note the first house on the left of the photo (across the street) is similarly styled with a shed roof over the porch and appears to be 988 per Street View. The house next to 988, which is 996, is also recognizable from the photo, although its porch has been closed in. The house with the distinctive pillars no longer has them. It still has a peaked roof over the porch but it seems be supported by 4x4s.
Good eye – that’s it!
Charlie, I think you’ve got it!