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Black and white photographic print showing the Fallsview Bridge over the Niagara River as seen from balcony of Lafayette Hotel, c. 1920. The bridge was also known as the Honeymoon Bridge, and was in operation from 1898-1938, when it collapsed due to…

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Two black and white photographic prints showing the aftermath of the Fallsview Bridge collapse into the Niagara River, January 1938.

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Black and white photograph of Feeder Road alongside the Feeder Canal, c. 1924. The bridge is the crossing of the Grand Trunk Railway.

The Feeder Canal fed the Welland Canal from the Grand River at Dunnville through the dam.

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An article from the August 15, 1929 edition of the Welland Tribune about a crashed train engine finally being removed from the Welland Canal the day before on August 14. The crash had happened on June 28, and it took multiple attempts to remove it.

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Colour photographic print showing the two lift bridges on the Welland Canal at Port Colborne, c. 1960s. The bridge closest to the camera was Bridge 21, known as the Clarence Street Bridge which was for road traffic. Bridge 20 just behind it was for…

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Black and white photographic print showing the Lincoln Street Bridge in the lifted position as a freighter passes underneath along the Welland Canal, c. 1934.

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Black and white photographic print of the Lincoln Street vertical lift bridge (Bridge 14) under construction, c. 1927. It was later removed in the 1980s and replaced by the four-lane fixed bridge.

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Three black and white photographs of a lock and bridge on Second Welland Canal, St. Catharines, c. 1957

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Black and white photograph looking south down the Welland Canal from the top of the Main Street Bridge as two ships approach, c. 1958. King Street can be seen on the left, with Merritt Park to its right, and the Welland Club building just above the…

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Black and white photographic print of a View of South Main Street and Aqueduct Street looking south, and a swing bridge at Division Street over the Third Canal (before the Alexandra Bridge was built) c. 1902.
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