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Author : Derek Richard Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Port Colborne (Ont.)
ISBN : 0973436506
Author : Roberta M. Styran,Robert Taylor
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773586901
Making extensive use of the National Archives and the Archives of Ontario, Styran and Taylor unveil previously unpublished information about the construction of the canals, including technical plans and drawings from a wide variety of sources. They illustrate the technical and management intricacies of building a navigational trade and commerce lifeline while also revealing the vivid characters - from businessman William Hamilton Merritt to engineer John Page - who inspired the project and drove it to completion. The history of the Welland Canals is a gripping tale of epic proportions. Given the ongoing importance of the Great Lakes in the North American economy, interest in the St. Lawrence Seaway - of which the Welland is "the Great Swivel Link" - and the relevance of labour history, This Great National Object will be of interest to enthusiasts and historians alike.
Author : Canada. Department of Railways and Canals
Publisher : Department of Railways and Canals
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Welland Canal (Ont.)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105046965641
Author : John N. Jackson
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802009336
An examination of the role and contributions of the four Welland Canals to the development of Niagara Peninsula communities.
Author : Roberta M. Styran,Robert R. Taylor
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773548336
This Colossal Project presents an absorbing epic on the building of the fourth Welland Canal, which connects Lake Ontario and Lake Erie and allows ships to bypass Niagara Falls. An immense undertaking, the canal is a vital part of North America’s infrastructure and still functions as an essential part of the St Lawrence Seaway. Emphasizing the role that vivid personalities – including engineers John Laing Weller and Alex Grant as well as contractors and labourers – played in the construction of the canal, Roberta Styran and Robert Taylor use archival sources, government documents, newspapers, maps, and original plans to describe a saga of technological, financial, geographical, and social obstacles met and overcome in an accomplishment akin to the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. A story of Canadian skill, courage, vision, and hardship, This Colossal Project details the twenty-year excavation of the giant channel and the creation of huge concrete locks amidst war, the Great Depression, political change, and labour unrest. Building on the work presented in Styran and Taylor’s This Great National Object, which told the story of the first three Welland canals built in the nineteenth century, This Colossal Project chronicles an impressive milestone in the history of Canadian technological achievement and nation building.
Author : Michelle Greenwald,Alan Levitt,Elaine Peebles
Publisher : Historical Planning and Research Branch
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Canals
ISBN : NWU:35556017055120
Author : A. E. Coombs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Niagara Peninsula (Ont.)
ISBN : UOM:39015012329945
Author : Welland Canal Company
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0371809045
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Author : Barbara Raue
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1548621072
Port Colborne is a city on Lake Erie, at the southern end of the Welland Canal. The original settlement, known as Gravelly Bay after the shallow, bedrock-floored bay upon which it sits, dates from 1832 and was renamed after Sir John Colborne, a British war hero and the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada at the time of the opening of the southern terminus of the First Welland Canal in 1833 when it was extended to reach Lake Erie. During the 1880s, American tourists from the southern states began building vacation homes on the lakeshore of the western edge of the town. Before long, an entire gated community of vacationers from the south called Port Colborne their home during the summer months. Today, the picturesque street of Tennessee Avenue is still home to many of these original vacation homes and buildings, as well as the original stone and wrought iron resort gates. The street boasts some immaculately maintained examples of late 19th and early 20th century Southern architecture. The Welland Canal was originally established as a solution to summer water shortages that plagued a grist mill operation near St. Catharines. William Hamilton Merritt, the mill owner, diverted water from the Welland River into Twelve Mile Creek. He wanted to make the channel deep enough to allow boats to pass through a series of locks down the escarpment into Twelve Mile Creek and on to Lake Ontario. The International Nickel Company (now Vale) has been one of the city's main employers since the opening of a refinery in 1918. Taking advantage of inexpensive hydroelectricity from generating stations at nearby Niagara Falls, the refinery produced electro-refined nickel for the war effort, and continues in operation today. Port Colborne was one of the hardest hit communities during the blizzard of 1977. Thousands of people were stranded when the city was paralyzed during the storm. Maritime commerce, including supplying goods to the camps for the laborers who worked on the first canal, ship repair and the provisioning trade, was, and still is, an important part of Port Colborne's economy. Port Colborne was a heavily industrial city throughout most of the early twentieth century. A grain elevator, two modern flour mills, a Vale nickel refinery, a cement plant and a blast furnace were major employers. Several of these operations have closed over the past thirty years, while others employ a lot less residents due to modernization and cutbacks. Port Colborne has been successful in attracting agro-business operations which process corn into products such as sweeteners and citric acid. The economy has gradually shifted towards tourism and recreation, taking advantage of the scenic beauty of the lakeshore. The Port Colborne Historical and Marine Museum, located near the centre of town, is a resource for local history and archival research. In addition to a collection of historic buildings and artifacts, it opened up the "Marie Semley Research Wing" to foster research into local history; it was named to commemorate the long-standing efforts of a local resident who devoted hours to the museum.
Author : Champlain Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015054296366
Author : John Henry
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-04
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781459710481
A richly illustrated story from the glory days of passenger travel on the Great Lakes. For decades Canada Steamship Lines proclaimed itself as the world’s largest transportation company operating on inland waters. Its passenger and freight vessels could be found on the Great Lakes as far west as Duluth, Minnesota, and as far east as the Lower St. Lawrence River. The passenger steamers were known collectively as the Great White Fleet. These ships – from day-excursion vessels to well-appointed cruise ships – had rich histories. The sheer scope of these passenger services were a wonder to behold. No fewer than 51 steamers comprised the passenger fleet at the company’s inception in 1913, and its network of routes was awesome. This is the story of the beloved steamers of the Great White Fleet from 1913–65, when the passenger vessels stopped running. Nearly half a century after the last passenger boats sailed, this book will provide a window into a wonderful lost way of life.
Author : Barbara Raue
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1548621501
Port Colborne is a city on Lake Erie, at the southern end of the Welland Canal. The original settlement, known as Gravelly Bay after the shallow, bedrock-floored bay upon which it sits, dates from 1832 and was renamed after Sir John Colborne, a British war hero and the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada at the time of the opening of the southern terminus of the First Welland Canal in 1833 when it was extended to reach Lake Erie. During the 1880s, American tourists from the southern states began building vacation homes on the lakeshore of the western edge of the town. Before long, an entire gated community of vacationers from the south called Port Colborne their home during the summer months. Today, the picturesque street of Tennessee Avenue is still home to many of these original vacation homes and buildings, as well as the original stone and wrought iron resort gates. The street boasts some immaculately maintained examples of late 19th and early 20th century Southern architecture. The Welland Canal was originally established as a solution to summer water shortages that plagued a grist mill operation near St. Catharines. William Hamilton Merritt, the mill owner, diverted water from the Welland River into Twelve Mile Creek. He wanted to make the channel deep enough to allow boats to pass through a series of locks down the escarpment into Twelve Mile Creek and on to Lake Ontario. The International Nickel Company (now Vale) has been one of the city's main employers since the opening of a refinery in 1918. Taking advantage of inexpensive hydroelectricity from generating stations at nearby Niagara Falls, the refinery produced electro-refined nickel for the war effort, and continues in operation today. Port Colborne was one of the hardest hit communities during the blizzard of 1977. Thousands of people were stranded when the city was paralyzed during the storm. Maritime commerce, including supplying goods to the camps for the laborers who worked on the first canal, ship repair and the provisioning trade, was, and still is, an important part of Port Colborne's economy. Port Colborne was a heavily industrial city throughout most of the early twentieth century. A grain elevator, two modern flour mills, a Vale nickel refinery, a cement plant and a blast furnace were major employers. Several of these operations have closed over the past thirty years, while others employ a lot less residents due to modernization and cutbacks. Port Colborne has been successful in attracting agro-business operations which process corn into products such as sweeteners and citric acid. The economy has gradually shifted towards tourism and recreation, taking advantage of the scenic beauty of the lakeshore. The Port Colborne Historical and Marine Museum, located near the centre of town, is a resource for local history and archival research. In addition to a collection of historic buildings and artifacts, it opened up the "Marie Semley Research Wing" to foster research into local history; it was named to commemorate the long-standing efforts of a local resident who devoted hours to the museum.
Author : Robert Ferguson Legget
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015047387793
Author : John N. Jackson,Fred Arthur Addis,Welland Canals Foundation
Publisher : St. Catharines, Ont. : Prepared for the Welland Canals Foundation
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Canal Welland (Ont.)
ISBN : 0969115601
Author : John P. Heisler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Canals
ISBN : IND:30000132053848