| Posted by teak_one |
4/6/2004 10:35 PM | remove |
is it just me, or is the bridge turning?
http://www.uer.ca/locations/viewgal.asp?picid=26478
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| Posted by cjb |
4/7/2004 7:07 AM | remove |
it used too, but it hasnt for years now
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| Posted by maZe |
4/7/2004 5:00 PM | remove |
CJB, you,re right. It's turning or we're both crazy!
*=)
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| Posted by teak_one |
4/7/2004 7:24 PM | remove |
i know it used too... but maze is right we must be crazy cuz it's turning!!!
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| Posted by Blawkowski |
4/8/2004 12:12 AM | remove |
When the bridge was disused, they left it in that position. It's only when the canal was opened for navigation in 2002 that the bridge was fixed in the position it is today.
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| Posted by maZe |
4/8/2004 1:14 PM | remove |
So Blawkowski, you're saying that this pic is actually an old one (prior to 2002) cause the bridge is now perpendicular to the canal so boats can pass through... I know they re-opened the Canal but I did'nt thought they re-opened it that far (I thought the first set of navigational locks was re-opened but not the locks this far in the Canal...)
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| Posted by teak_one |
4/8/2004 2:31 PM | remove |
ahhh it all makes sense now!!!
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| Posted by cjb |
4/8/2004 3:52 PM | remove |
I wonder how they managed to turn this old rusted piece of steel in 2002
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| Posted by cjb |
4/8/2004 3:53 PM | remove |
actually Blawkowski I dont agree , As far as I can remember this bridge has been in the position it is today. this pic must be much more older than 2002,probably early 1990s.
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| Posted by maZe |
4/8/2004 6:44 PM | remove |
Even if they turned that big rusty piece in the 90's I'm quite amazed at how they did this... Anyone know? anybody that was acutally there when they turned it? It must have been quite a sight! (and some super rusty sounds too!)
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| Posted by cjb |
4/8/2004 7:43 PM | remove |
I guess they used some kind of powerful trucks attached to both side of the bridge with strong steel cables and pulled... must have been quite a cacophony!
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| Posted by SPEK Photo |
4/9/2004 2:10 AM | remove |
The big shaft in the middle of the bridge with the rollers are somwhat protectected from the elements, plus they were probably caked in old grease, As CJB suggested, they probably used winch pulling from from both end of the bridge.
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| Posted by maZe |
4/12/2004 2:34 PM | remove |
It could be worth to check out media archives... I'm sure some photographer must have been there to take a few pics...
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
4/29/2004 12:59 AM | remove |
they moved it in the 1999 2000 time frame, i crossed it once prior to that
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| Posted by bellwether |
5/6/2004 11:26 AM | remove |
Actually some of the old bridges on the Lachine canal were so well engineered and balanced they could be cranked by hand to turn them if no power was available! The mechanism probably worked as good as new.
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
5/6/2004 12:42 PM | remove |
the old cn bridge next to coleco was turned before it was cut up. and it turned easily for the first time in years, the canal was gradually closed in phases from east to west. with the increase on traffic on lafleur the bridges were twinned at the same time as the seaways was built. the east one is the newer one,
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| Posted by Charlie_Dunver |
3/17/2006 3:35 PM | remove |
assuming the Bridge is on a centre force like railroad turntables this bridge can be easily turned by one person!
Yes, Nostra, couldnt have been moved to this position before 98 as I recall.
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| Posted by mewthree |
12/16/2006 6:47 AM | remove |
Blawkowski is right about it being turned in 2002 because I walked across that bridge hundreds (not exagurating) of times from the time I moved to point st charles untill the time they rotated the bridge.
actually you could have gone to volunteer your help in the turning of the bridge onto it's island.. it was a community event and there were articles in the paper telling you the date so you could help pull or something like that.
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
12/16/2006 7:07 AM | remove |
must have been early 2002 because the canal was opened for traffic in the spring of 2002
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| Posted by mewthree |
12/16/2006 7:19 AM | remove |
it was, the canal was still empty when that was done
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
12/16/2006 7:21 AM | remove |
ok, next time they empty it, check out the lock doors sitting on the bottom at des seigneurs with concrete blocks on top of em so they dont float away
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| Posted by Blawkowski |
12/16/2006 8:29 PM | remove |
Yeah, I've seen thoses lock doors. They should get them out of the water and expose them to the public!
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| Posted by Emperor Wang |
12/17/2006 12:22 AM | remove |
Keeping them submerged helps to preserve them. There's another set underwater right across from Silo #5.
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| Posted by mewthree |
12/17/2006 2:31 AM | remove |
well since montreal isn't allowed to have dolphins and large aquatic animals in our aquariums anymore, they should at least use the tanks for holding stuff like old lock doors!
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| Posted by nel58 |
12/17/2006 3:17 AM | remove |
Clever idea !
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| Posted by mewthree |
12/17/2006 3:19 AM | remove |
and also have the world's first underwater easter scuba diving egg hunt!
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
12/17/2006 6:19 AM | remove |
sadly due to design there isnt much in the seaway canal the seaway max ships do a good job finding stuff pretty quick since there is at most at low water a foot clearance. i would one day like to see the control basin in cote ste catherine drained (impossible though) since it is a mysterious body of water off the seaway canal that no commercial traffic goes through
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| Posted by mewthree |
12/17/2006 8:34 PM | remove |
well when they drained the canal for fixing it for recreational use they had an article in the paper mentioning how many cars they found..
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
12/18/2006 1:44 AM | remove |
yeah, the first time they fully drained it was back in 1998 when they ran a natural gas line under it and they pulled the cars out then.
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| Posted by mewthree |
12/18/2006 9:34 PM | remove |
i always did wonder how they got the cars past the guard rails for the canal... a lot of the car models they found were car years after the rails were put up so...
i guess where there's a will there's a way! lol.
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| Posted by tijeff |
12/19/2006 2:22 AM | remove |
So next meet, we gather at the bridge and turn it ?
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| Posted by controleman |
12/19/2006 2:24 AM | remove |
As we always do!
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| Posted by tijeff |
12/19/2006 2:25 AM | remove |
Nice :P
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| Posted by mewthree |
12/19/2006 4:20 AM | remove |
i dont think you can. I went on there about a month ago and it seems that they have it almost balanced on stilts on each end.. well not stilts exactly but they put support struts or something under it.
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| Posted by maZe |
12/20/2006 12:13 AM | remove |
I would PAY to go at night, turn the bridge and see the face of the cops called on site in the morning (actually I wonder how long it would take before someone alerts the authorities that the bridge has... turned on its own) lol.
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
12/20/2006 2:28 AM | remove |
haha, its like my prank de resistance would have been to light up the lamps at the turcot yards, too bad the miners got to it.
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| Posted by SPEK Photo |
12/22/2006 5:59 AM | remove |
let's put our money together and buy at canadian tire a solar cell and a small 12v motor and gear box... il will slowly rotate all sunny day long.
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| Posted by Charlie_Dunver |
12/23/2006 12:01 AM | remove |
Maybe the photographer got lucky. Seems I can remember trains going over this in the 80's. I mean I have crossed it on foot and I am pretty sure I was keeping an eye out for incoming.
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
12/23/2006 6:08 AM | remove |
it did carry CN rail traffic to the port until the bridge was built below the locks. as for spek talking about caked grease go look at the gauron bridge, it has hinges that are now embedded in concrete yet they still ooze
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| Posted by maZe |
12/24/2006 1:16 AM | remove |
I'm willing to put a $20 on this :)
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