There seems to be some confusion regarding the name of this bridge, with some people referring to it as "Black's Bridge". As far as I know, Black's Bridge refers to the automobile bridge at the end of Mill Street, just upstream from Lock 2.

Here's the evidence:

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City of Montreal and suburbs, 1875 (detail)

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Electoral District of St. Anne, Montreal, 1895 (detail)

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Map of the city of Montreal, 1903, Chas. E. Goad (detail)

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Montreal Harbour, 1940 (detail)

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Plan of the southern portion of the Harbour of Montreal, 1930 (detail)

This 1967 map detail doesn't identify the automobile bridge by name, but it does show it when it was just a road over dry land:




I don't know the proper name of the abandoned train bridge, but the Parks Canada page taP just posted refers to it as "Le pont CN-Du Port" or "The CN Port Bridge".

And check out this page for some interesting pictures of the Lachine Canal and the Old Port from 2001.

yeah mapman can always count on you for a good map! if my memory serves me correctly the present car bridge near the silos was built over dry land in the 80s sometime. the port bridge, the topic of this entry gave access to the harbor to cn by tracks laid on the north side of the canal, the ties are still there in some places as well as a tunnel through the viaduct. these tracks doubled for the interurbans of the southern counties railway that had its terminus on mc gill

well maybe the two got confused some how because where the one near #5 is now... wasn't there a revolving bridge there years ago? I could have sworn there was one there in one of the historic old port pics in the galleries for the abandoned bridge. possibly because of the 2 revolving bridges they got mixed up. who knows.

Posted by MapMan And check out this page

Nel did you see this ?

Old Port: Water intakes (hidden normally)

they balanced the intermediate pools for the adjacent locks

you know, if I was filthy rich I would buy nel a scuba diving suit and an underwater camera with some sort of night vision thingy because I know she would put it to good use. also some sort of sonar or ground penetrating radar for finding secret stuff underground!

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Nel did you see this ?

Of course I did !I saw it last time we were at silo5..micro and I were very slow about going to check that ( being very busy with other locations)..but when we went,for a package deal with zebra,the water was up again !

Damn it ! I didn't respect my own motto : "I see I go !"

The train bridge, from the McCord archives:

http://www.musee-m...umber=MP-0000.72.1

Even in 1938, it looked old and rusted... Nice picture by the way.

Posted by MapMan The train bridge, from the McCord archives: http://www.musee-m...umber=MP-0000.72.1

my grandfather fought in the war, he guarded a bridge in the point, those irishmen could get out of hand you know

A sweet little postcard view of the original automobile bridge, from the BNQ's web site:

http://www4.bnqueb.../carpos/c05658.jpg

I used to hear my Dad refer to Black's Bridge and always assumed he meant one that crossed the canal. In any case I wonder who Black was? The name Black's Bridge is definitely close to being gonzo!

CD

Wanted to add this old photo of the CN rail bridge - appearently when the lift devices had been partially dismantled and the lower canal closed to shipping.

I got an old Dutch trains book as xmas present and almost immediately recognized this bridge, despite it - and the surroundings - looking quite different now.

The description reads "The 'super contintental' of the Canadian National Railways while leaving from Montreal on it's way to Vancouver, shot in 1957."

Thx to Nel for providing more info!

Tijmen

Nice present, dude. Thank you for contributing.