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Black and white photographic print showing dredge work on the Third Welland Canal, undated.

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Halftone reproduction of a black and white photograph showing men and mules who were working on canal construction, c. 1920.

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Black and white photograph showing construction of the Niagara Street (formerly known as North Main Street) Bridge, Welland, January 1932. The Main Street Bridge can be seen in the background.

The Niagara Street Bridge would officially open on…

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Black and white photograph showing construction of the Niagara Street (formerly known as North Main Street) Bridge, Welland, April 18, 1932.

The Niagara Street Bridge would officially open on April 21, 1932 as part of the Welland Day…

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Three colour slides showing a construction worker digging a ditch for a sewer at 410 Fitch Street, July 14, 1962.

From the Orline Clements Memorial Collection.

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Colour slide showing a new ditch for a sewer for the new subdivision off Fitch Street, March 1963. The road that was being built is Aquador Drive.

From the Orline Clements Memorial Collection.

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Two colour slides showing a caterpillar working in a flooded area by Fitch Street, March 1963.

The operator is with the Covello Brothers Excavating and Grading company out of St. Catharines. The flooded area is roughly where Aquador Drive is now.…

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Two colour slides showing sewer pipe being unloaded for installation in a new subdivision off Fitch Street, April 1963.

From the Orline Clements Memorial Collection.

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Two colour slides showing crews loading the caterpillar onto a truck after work on a sewer ditch on Aquador Drive, April 1963.

The caterpillar operator is with the Covello Brothers Excavating and Grading company out of St. Catharines. From the…

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Colour slide showing the loading of the caterpillar on what would become Karen Crescent, October 1963.

From the Orline Clements Memorial Collection.
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