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Four colour slides showing the bricklaying of the new south wall during construction for the Welland Public Library building extension, February 1975.

The slide is part of a photographic record of 600 images to document the construction work…

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Colour photograph of the railroad Bridge 15 over the Welland Canal between Ontario Road and Lincoln Street, c. 1983. The bridge used to carry the main line of the Canada Southern Railway over the canal. Photo taken by Ross Beard.

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Black and white photograph showing Bridge 17 lifted to allow a ship to pass, at Dain City, c. 1925-1935.

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Black and white photographic postcard showing Bridge 17 lifted to allow a ship to pass, at Dain City, June 1, 1930. Bridge 17 carried the Wabash Railway line over the canal.

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Black and white photograph of Bridge 5 at Glendale Avenue in the up position over Welland Canal, looking south, c. 1930s. From the booklet "Souvenir views of Welland Ship Canal" by the Photogelatine Engraving Company.

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Bridge No. Eleven, King Street W., Welland, ON, 1931/02/13

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View looking from Bridge No.17 showing old Wabash span being removed, 1927.

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Black and white photographic print showing a bridge over what was the First Welland Canal, St. Catharines, c. 1870.

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Colour photograph of Bridge View School on Forks Road in Dain City, c. 1983. View is the back of the school looking north-west, with the Forks Road Bridge to the left. The school closed in 1985.

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Brief biographies of Captain Martin McClellan and George Brinton McClellan.

From the book "History of the Niagara Peninsula and the New Welland Canal" by Albert Ernest Coombs, c. 1930.
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