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Cornwall, 1929. RCAF Sergeant Diller photo.
From Colin Churcher's Railway Pages.
(A1091.25) - This is an excellent view of the Ottawa and New York Railway (New York Central) bridge over the north channel of the St. Lawrence River at Cornwall. At the bottom of the picture is Cornwall Island and the Cornwall Canal is in the centre with the railway swing bridge clearly visible. The wall of the Canal collapsed in 1908 and the swing bridge fell down and the NYC, which had just taken over the O&NY, was forced to bring in a temporary span to reopen the line as quickly as possible. The NYC Cornwall station and water tank can be seen in the top left side and there is a streetcar in the yard waiting until it is time for its next trip into town. The paper mill is prominent and there can also be seen a line which ran under the NYC trestle and along the Canal for a short distance to the west (left). The bridge was planked over in 1934 and access roads were built so that the infrequent trains could share this bridge, as well as that over the south channel, with road vehicles. The NYC service from Cornwall to Ottawa was abandoned in early 1957 and the bridge torn down in 1962 as part of the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
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| Posted by abacab |
4/16/2007 6:16 PM | remove |
Wow, there was an entire neighbourhood where half the plant is! Maybe a new one will pop back up in 10 years.
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| Posted by Emperor Wang |
4/16/2007 6:32 PM | remove |
And upwind from the plant even. What a concept!
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
4/16/2007 6:42 PM | remove |
well when you think of neighborhoods turned into industrial wastelands here in quebec there was one in beauharnois next to the elkem plant. now its gone
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