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Canadian Bridge Company - Part 2

April 24, 2009
Thanks to Chris Edwards, who send along even more info about the CBC to share with everyone… All photos from a company promotional booklet from 1943. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From the Chris Edwards Collection A copy of the company logo. From the Chris Edwards Collection Inside the plant 2 assembly shop. From the Chris Edwards Collection Inside the plant 2…
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Canadian Bridge Company - Part 1

April 23, 2009
A while back I got an email from a reader who wanted to know a little something about the Canadian Bridge Company, another part of Windsor Industrial Heritage. From the collection of Chris Edwards The first batch of photos comes from the collection of Chris Edwards. Chris…
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190 Park Place - Then and Now

April 15, 2009
Back in March, I had a post on Park Place near the University. The house at 190 Park Place, was, as you may remember, featured in the Border Cities Star in 1924. It was the home of Joseph Loikrec, who owned a dry goods store at Wyandotte and Mercer (located today under…
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L.A. Young Industries

April 9, 2009
Yesterday WRG commented on the Chrysler photo with the following: I looked quickly at Chrysler Canada’s history (again at the allpar) site, and in ’64 Chrysler acquired L. A. Young Spring & Wire Limited and the Walker Metal Products foundry both in…
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Windsor Assembly

April 8, 2009
Today’s photo was sent along from a regular reader. An interesting early aerial photo of the Windsor Assembly Plant. I’m unsure of the date on this one, but it’s probably from the mid to late 1930’s. The view is looking south from Walker Tecumseh…
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Soper & Dupis Real Estate

March 31, 2009
In my collection I have a book full of photographs of the Border Cities and their industries from 1913. This photo below is captioned “Soper & Dupis Real Estate Office” but there was never any other information about it, and I always wondered about this little house… I figured it was destined to remain a mystery until I stumbled across this little blurb in the Microfilm of…
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Hotel Dieu - 1965

March 30, 2009
From the December 31, 1965 issue of the Windsor Star: Hotel Dieu Hospital in the foreground has undergone a complete renovation in recent years at a cost of several million dollars. The newest phase to be complete is the Sisters’ residence and chapel shown in the…
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Windermere Block - Then and Now

March 23, 2009
Located on the north west corner of Tecumseh and Windermere is the Windermere Block. Built in 1926 by the Walkerville Land and Building Company at a cost of $50,000 (about $615,000 in 2009 dollars). It consists of five stores with apartments above. Here’s a photo of…