Old PhotographsWindsor

Walkerville Federal Building - 1919

August 20, 2010
Happy Friday, today’s old photo dates to November 1919, and takes us over to the Walkerville Federal Building on Devonshire, more commonly referred to as the Walkerville Post Office. View Larger Map Surprisingly this view hasn’t changed much in the last 91 years…. Designed by David Ewart, the chief architect for the government, in 1914, the story has it that he designed the…
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Dieppe

August 18, 2010
More of a heads up than a post today… but I thought that some readers may be interested in this, and some may even be able to attend. On August 19, 1942, the ill fated raid on Dieppe took place. Of the 553 member of the Essex Scottish Regiment of Windsor who took part…
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Riverfront Project - Follow Up

August 16, 2010
Photo c. 2010 – Chuck Pike Regular reader Chuck Pike, sent along a couple of photos to go with the post the other day about the retention basin. Photo c. 2010 – Chuck Pike Chuck caught these photos of the concrete being treated with Liquid Nitrogen. This is the…
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Briggs Manufacturing Fire - 1963

August 13, 2010
It’s been a long while since we’ve poked our head over to the US side of the international metropolis, but seeing as it’s Friday, and time for an old photograph, this is one that caught my eye, a stunning photo that really captures the fire that befell the Briggs Manufacturing Company on Detroit’s east side April 10, 1963. The Briggs Manufacturing Co. made automotive…
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Windsor

Riverfront Retention Treatment Basin

August 11, 2010
I figure that many readers haven’t had a chance to poke around and check out all that construction that has closed the riverfront trail and eaten a giant hole in the riverfront east of Caesar’s… Looks like work is progressing nicely. The project has to be…
Old PhotographsWindsor

CN - 6060 - Windsor Waterfront Roundhouse

August 9, 2010
This excellent photo come to me from regular reader Doug S. who got permission from the photographer Charlie Whipp to post it here. Thanks to both Doug and Charlie for this amazing shot… The photo dates to May, 1974 and is a shot of Canadian National’s steam…
Old PhotographsWindsor

New Airport Terminal - 1958

August 6, 2010
So the server is moved, and all seems to be in order… If you notice anything funky, please let me know by email… Now, on to today’s photos. From the Detroit News, these shots dated June 13, 1958, and the dedication of the new Windsor Airport Terminal Building. The terminal was designed by Government architects, and built by the Eastern Construction Company. Obviously a big…
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[UPDATE] Server Upgrade...

August 2, 2010
A while back I mentioned that a server upgrade was coming… Well it’s finally here. Things “should” go according to plan. But you never know. Since I’m going to have to export the database over to the new server, I’m going to disable…