Vertical Lift Bridge No 17 Welland Ship Canal
“Keeping pace with the onward march of civilization, ingenious inventors and skilled mechanics are rapidly revolutionizing the bridge building industry... the old stone arch bridges are disappearing and in their place modern steel structures are being erected. The Canadian Bridge Company Limited comprises 45 acres of land and employs over 1,000 skilled workers... one of Walkerville’s concerns that is assisting in advertising Walkerville throughout the country as a city of first-class manufacturers of dependable and excellent products.” From “Windsor Ontario, 1913”- photograph donated by Jack & Helen Parnell