Historical Niagara posted four photos with the comment:
Love to find out more about this Photo...Says Port Colborne Lift elevator 3rd Welland canal 1908-1920.. any idea the company name or where this was ? Interesting ship there as well... ****UPDATE**** thanks to Brian Westhouse and Paula McLaren for info on this..
The Grand Trunk Grain Elivator was on the East side now part of Marine Recycling.
Built in the Mid to later 1800s it was removed in the 1930s to make way for the new 4th canal ..The Ship is believed to be the Winona built in 1906 and Sank in 1956 on its way to Japan with a load of logs ...This is what's great is having fantastic followers who can add to the History ...will update more authentic info gets added.
[Some comments indicate that the elevator was probably removed in the early 1920s when the Welland Canal was widened.]
William Dale Robinson: Grain did indeed flow from Port Colborne (Dominion Elevator) to Port Dalhousie by rail. After loading to deep draft in the Lakehead or Chicago, Great grandfather Capt. C.E. Robinson would sail to Port Colborne on vessels (such as the steamer IROQUOIS), lighten up to make canal transit, reload once again to deep in Port Dalhousie, and then sail off to Lake Ontario ports such as Kingston.
Brian R Maghran shared with the comment: "Interesting photo, anyone have a clue what ship this may be? I'm guessing the picture is too fuzzy, and that the ships too numerous back then to narrow it down."
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| Paula McLaren commented on the above post Brian Westhouse: Paula McLaren The Grand Trunk owned the Welland Railway, which was on the east side of the canal. |
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| Brian Westhouse commented on Paula's comment Postcard in my collection postmarked 1907. |
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| Brian Westhouse commented on his comment 1916 map showing the location of the GTR. The track on the east side of the canal got pushed back when the canal was widened in the 1920's. The Grand Trunk station was on the east side of the canal. Although it later became the CNR station, an new station was built on the west side of the canal. |
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| Brian Westhouse commented on the above post Canadian Railway And Marine World magazine, March 1910. Brian Martin: Brian Westhouse obviously the Georgian Bay canal idea died once they realized the cost of digging through so many miles of hard rock country. |
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| Historical Niagara posted 1930s air photo of Port Colborne looking South..I put a red dot in the approximate location of lock 40. Thanks to Welland public library for photo. Joy Foley: I don’t see the water tower at King & Sugarloaf nor is the gov. Elevator or Maple Leaf Mill visible. John Theriault: Why would their be lock there when the water from erie and that part of canal is same level? Historical Niagara: John Theriault it is now because the area was all reworked for the second and 3rd canal but in 1833 it was much different and there was obviously an elevation that needed to be dealt with. Isabel Bachmann: Also it is important to remember that the level of Lake Erie changes in strong wind conditions. In fact it can move up as high as 4 feet above normal and then drop to 4 feet BELOW norm as the entire lake sloshes to the west. The wave action is called a seiche, and all four canals had to accommodate the possibility of this wind phenomenon. Historical Niagara: Isabel Bachmann another great factor Isabel it effected the First Canal alot as they only where so deep it's why particularly why Merritt had a lock at the lakes at both ends ..as the Canals got deeper and bigger the need to have the Lock right at shore was not needed .. as you know Well Isabel we have to look at each Canal differently in time ..Like you said water levels ,land elevation where all different back in 1833 in Port Colborne then it is today .. D Eric Davis shared At the top left is a picture of the Canadian furnace company which was located in Port Colborne ont Canada. I believe this was a merchant pig iron furnace. Information on it is very hard to find. The site was demolished in the 60's from what I can tell and is now the location of a ship breaker. This picture was found on another site. James Torgeson: Yes, Canada Furnace was a merchant iron plant that was owned by Algoma Steel. |
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| Historical Niagara commented on their own post Here are a few from different angles. 1921 |
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