Great Western Railway Yards
Great Western Railway Yards |
Year: 1875 |
Type(s): Photograph |
Physical Description: b&w; 25x20 cm; reproduction c. 1965 |
Identifier(s): Acc. No. 13-012, Box 11, 3527 PP Acc. No. 08-022; 36 |
Source: Walkerville Times Collection |
Notes: Great Western Railway Yards looking west; have 2 copies; "Railway years 1870s - Windsor - note three rails for narrow and wide gauge railroad - opposite Town Hall at foot of MacDougall Street"; the old city hall (tallest building, top left) was on Sandwich St. (now Riverside Drive) between Windsor Avenue and McDougall St.; it was built in 1856 and used as the city hall until 1904; it was demolished in 1968; note also the cattle yards. |
Subject(s): Railways Railway Workers Great Western Railway (Windsor) City Hall, First (Windsor) Sandwich Street (Windsor) Docks Railway Yards Government Buildings Cattle Yards Cattle Farming |
Place(s): Windsor (Ontario) |
Rights: Public Domain |
Repository: University of Windsor. Leddy Library |
Tiff Image(s): Click links to download Tiff images: Tiff Image 1 |