REMINISCING ABOUT WELLAND

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Welland Historical Museum Courtesy of Welland Museum

AERIAL VIEW LOOKING NORTH, 1930 Courtesy of Welland Museum

SAILBOAT PASSING UNDER MAIN STREET BRIDGE, 1964 Courtesy of Welland Museum WELLAND COURTHOUSE FROM EAST MAIN STREET, 1800’S Courtesy of Welland Museum

ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, LATE 1800’S Courtesy of Welland Museum

CAPITAL THEATRE AND REETA COFFEE SHOP ON EAST MAIN, 1955 Courtesy of Welland Museum

CROWLAND FIRE HALL, 1949 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

THE ROSS BUILDING, 1907 Courtesy of Welland Museum

ORIGINAL CENTRAL UNITED CHURCH, LATE 19TH CENTURY Courtesy of Welland Museum

NIAGARA STREET, 1958 Courtesy of Welland Museum VIEW OF THE OLD AQUEDUCT WITH COURT HOUSE AND OLD FIRE HALL NO 1 IN THE BACKGROUND Courtesy of Welland Museum

FITCH STREET PLAZA Courtesy of Welland Museum

AERIAL VIEW OF THE 3RD CANAL AT OLD AQUEDUCT, 1919 Courtesy of Welland Museum

WELLAND’S FESTIVAL OF ARTS, 1988-89 Courtesy of Welland Museum

ARTIST PAINTING A MURAL, 1989 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Courtesy of Welland Museum

SHIP PASSING UNDER MAIN STREET BRIDGE, 1959 Courtesy of Welland Museum

EVENING TRIBUNE, 1960’S - . . . . . I \\PERI L B,4, - K OF CANADA

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IMPERIAL BANK OF CANADA ON KING STREET, 1948 Courtesy of Welland Museum

WELLAND FIRE HALL NO 1, 1910 (BURNED DOWN 1913) Courtesy of Welland Museum THE CAPITOL THEATRE AND REETA HOTEL ON EAST MAIN STREET, 1930 Courtesy of Welland Museum

EMPIRE COTTON MILLS, 1913 Courtesy of Welland Museum

ORIGINAL HOLY TRINITY CHURCH ON SMITH STREET ------

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HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, 1978 Courtesy of Welland Museum

SOUTH MAIN STREET (NOW KING STREET) SHOWING THE OLD TOWN HALL AND POST OFFICE BY DIVISION STREET Courtesy of Welland Museum

MURDOCH'S SODA GRILL ON NIAGARA STREET, 1911 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

CENTRAL FIRE HALL, 1928 Courtesy of Welland Museum

EAST MAIN STREET, 1910’S Courtesy of Welland Museum

ALEXANDRA BRIDGE FACING WEST MAIN STREET, 1800’S Courtesy of Welland Museum

WELLAND COUNTY FAIR 100TH ANNIVERSARY, 1953 Courtesy of Welland Museum

WELLAND COUNTY FAIR Courtesy of Welland Museum

WELLAND COURTHOUSE FIRE, 1913 Courtesy of Welland Museum

WWI TROOPS ON PARADE IN MERRITT PARK, 1914 Courtesy of Welland Museum

WWI TROOPS MARCHING DOWN EAST MAIN STREET, 1914 Courtesy of Welland Museum

WELLAND CLUB HOUSE, 1911 Courtesy of Welland Museum

WELLAND CLUB HOUSE AND BOWLING GREEN, 1925 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

THE WELLAND CLUB HOUSE, 1990’S Public School, Welland

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CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, 1902-1968 (WHERE THE MARKET PARKING LOT IS CURRENTLY) Courtesy of Welland Museum

CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE PROCESS OF BEING TORN DOWN, 1968 Courtesy of Welland Museum SOUTH MAIN STREET (KING) BY THE BRIDGE, 19TH CENTURY Courtesy of Welland Museum

BOAT DOCKED ON THE WELLAND RIVER BY OLD NIAGARA BRIDGE, 1800’S Courtesy of Welland Museum

DIVISION STREET, 1907 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

GREY GABLES SCHOOL ON AQUEDUCT Courtesy of Welland Museum AERIAL VIEW LOOKING DOWN EAST MAIN STREET SHOWING OLD ALEXANDRA BRIDGE AND TROLLEY SYSTEM, 1919 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

PREPARING FOR THE MOVING OF THE ALEXANDRA BRIDGE TO DIVISION STREET, 1927 Courtesy of Welland Museum

MOVING THE ALEXANDRA BRIDGE IN ONE DAY TO DIVISION AND BALD STREET IN PREPARATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAIN STREET BRIDGE, 1927 Courtesy of Welland Museum

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY STATION, WELLAND, EAST MAIN STREET, 1903-1920’S 'Che ;Yew jl{arket, Wellano, Ont. -

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MARKET SQUARE, 1912 Courtesy of Welland Museum

MARKET SQUARE, 1940’S DRIVE- IN

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A&W DRIVE-IN ON LINCOLN AND RIVERSIDE, 1960 Courtesy of Welland Museum

CEMENT WORK ALMOST COMPLETE FOR MAIN STREET BRIDGE, 1929 Courtesy of Welland Museum

BUILDING EAST TOWER OF MAIN STREET BRIDGE, 1929 Courtesy of Welland Museum

MAIN STREET BRIDGE NEARING COMPLETION, 1930 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

HOTEL BARCLAY AT INTERSECTION OF KING AND DIVISION, 1940’S Courtesy of Welland Museum

NORTH MAIN STREET (NIAGARA STREET) FACING NORTH, 1800’S Courtesy of Welland Museum

WELLAND HIGH AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, 1879 Courtesy of Welland Museum

WELLAND HIGH AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, 1959 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee WELLAND HIGH AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOL FIRE, 2011 Courtesy of Welland Museum

THE BRITISH AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING COMPANY’S FIRST HULL THE ‘WAR WEASEL’ IN DRY DOCK, 1917-18 Courtesy of Welland Museum

THE FIRST SHIP LAUNCHED AT WELLAND THE ‘WAR WEASEL’, 1918 Courtesy of Welland Museum

NORTH SIDE DAIRY HORSE AND BUGGY Courtesy of Welland Museum OLD POST OFFICE AND CUSTOM’S HOUSE ON KING STREET, 1925 Courtesy of Welland Museum MAIN STREET SHOWING THE MANSION HOUSE HOTEL, DEXTER HOTEL, AND OPERA HOUSE, 1896 D. M ~ C A .W~ & SON__ ~~ - -- ~ --

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D MCCAW & SON SHOE STORE, 1925 (CORNER OF CROSS AND EAST MAIN STREETS) Courtesy of Welland Museum AERIAL VIEW OF THE CANAL, 1920’S Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

KING STREET VIEW SHOWING TOWN HALL, POST OFFICE AND BANK Courtesy of Welland Museum ORIGINAL BLUENOSE ON ROUTE TO THE CHICAGO FAIR, 1933 Courtesy of Welland Museum

NORTH MAIN STREET (NIAGARA STREET) FACING NORTH, 1906 Courtesy of Welland Museum

MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION IN FRONT OF PLYMOUTH CORDAGE, WELLAND Courtesy of Welland Museum VIEW OF THE CANAL FROM WHERE DIVISION STREET BRIDGE WOULD BE, 1960’S Courtesy of Welland Museum

MORWOOD HARDWARE FIRE (LOCATED ON WEST MAIN ACROSS FROM WHAT IS NOW BOGNER PHOTOGRAPHY, 1968 Courtesy of Welland Museum

WELLAND COURTHOUSE AND FIRE HALL NO 1 ALONG THE WELLAND RIVER PRIOR TO REDIRECTION, 1890 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

ORIGINAL ÉGLISE DU SACRÉ-CŒUR ON THE LEFT 1919-1934, PHOTO FROM 1919 Courtesy of Welland Museum

SECOND ÉGLISE DU SACRÉ-CŒUR 1934-1960, PHOTO FROM 1935 Courtesy of Welland Museum

EXCAVATION AND CONCRETE WORK FOR LINCOLN STREET BRIDGE, 1925 Courtesy of Welland Museum

LINCOLN STREET BRIDGE WITH WELMET IN THE BACKGROUND,1930 Courtesy of Welland Museum

EAST MAIN STREET, 1900’S Courtesy of Welland Museum

TOWN HALL ON DIVISION AND KING DISPLAYING WELLAND CENTENNIAL DECORATION, 1958 Courtesy of Welland Museum

TOWN HALL DEMOLITION, 1959 Courtesy of Welland Museum

QUEEN STREET SCHOOL Courtesy of Welland Museum

ATLAS STEEL Courtesy of Welland Museum

OLYMPIA FIRE, 1961 Courtesy of Welland Museum VIEW FROM THE MAIN STREET BRIDGE OF TANKER PASSING THE AQUEDUCT Courtesy of Welland Museum

WEST MAIN STREET, 1800’S Courtesy of Welland Museum

AERIAL VIEW OF CHIPPEWA PARK, 1940’S Courtesy of Welland Museum

DAMAGE TO NORTH SIDE OF MAIN STREET BRIDGE WHEN THE LEMOYNE HIT THE WEST TOWER, 1966 Courtesy of Welland Museum

NIAGARA STREET BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, 1932 Courtesy of Welland Museum

FIREMEN’S CONVENTION ON EAST MAIN STREET, 1910 Courtesy of Welland Museum

FIREMEN’S CONVENTION ON EAST MAIN STREET, 1910 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

VAUGHAN SEED COMPANY Courtesy of Welland Museum

WELLAND COUNTY HOSPITAL ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE (ORIGINAL BUILDING), 1910 Courtesy of Welland Museum

WELLAND COUNTY HOSPITAL, LATE 1920’S (NOW AN APARTMENT COMPLEX) Courtesy of Welland Museum

CROSS STREET AQUEDUCT POOL, LARGEST FILTERED POOL IN CANADA IN 1948, PICTURE FROM 1952 Courtesy of Welland Museum

UNION CARBIDE (ELECTRO METALS), 1956 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

EAST MAIN STREET AFTER A SNOW STORM, 1936 Courtesy of Welland Museum

ALEXANDRA BRIDGE OVER THE 3RD CANAL LOOKING DOWN EAST MAIN, 1901 Courtesy of Welland Museum

VIEW OF MERRITT PARK FROM THE WELLAND CLUB HOUSE Courtesy of Welland Museum

OLD AQUEDUCT AND LOCK LEADING INTO THE WELLAND RIVER, 1920 Courtesy of Welland Museum

BOAT PASSING ALEXANDRA BRIDGE (MAIN STREET), 19TH CENTURY Courtesy of Rose Dzugan

FARM HOUSE AT THE LOCATION OF THE CURRENT NIAGARA EXHIBITION GROUNDS, 1940’S Courtesy of Rose Dzugan

FARM LAND AT THE LOCATION OF THE CURRENT NIAGARA EXHIBITION GROUNDS, 1940’S Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

HUNGARIAN BAPTIST CHURCH ON REGENT STREET Courtesy of Welland Museum

WELLAND JUNCTION (DAIN CITY), 1905 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

NEWLY COMPLETED TOWN HALL ON KING AND DIVISION, 1901 Courtesy of Welland Museum SOUTH DOCK SHOWING PAGE HERSEY AND ELECTRO METALS, 1940 Courtesy of Welland Museum UKRAINIAN GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, 1919 LOCATED ON WHAT LATER BECAME FOURTH STREET AFTER PLYMOUTH CORDAGE TOOK OVER THE LAND Courtesy of Welland Museum

R. AGRO AND SONS FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ON CORNER OF DIVISION STREET AND HELLEMS AVENUE , 1924 Plymouth .five.) looking north, Wel/ano, Ont.

First Street, Wellano, Ont.

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PLYMOUTH CORDAGE EXECUTIVE HOMES ON PLYMOUTH STREET AND EMPLOYEE HOMES ON FIRST STREET, 1920’S Courtesy of Welland Museum

REMOVING TROLLEY TRACK LINES ON KING STREET, 1937 Courtesy of Welland Museum

ALEXANDRA BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, 1904 Courtesy of Welland Museum

WAR SHIP ON THE CANAL BY MERRITT PARK, 1918 Courtesy of Welland Museum

THE OLD AQUEDUCT SHOWING THE ARCH WAYS WHERE THE RIVER WOULD PASS THROUGH, 1930’S Courtesy of Welland Museum

FILLING IN THE OLD RIVER BED BY THE 2ND AQUEDUCT DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE 4TH CANAL, 1930’S Courtesy of Welland Museum

HIGH WATER LEVEL AT NIAGARA BRIDGE, 1936 Courtesy of Welland Museum

WELLAND CENTENNIAL PARADE, 1958 Courtesy of Welland Museum

IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED ON LINCOLN STREET, 1926 Courtesy of Welland Museum

THE LOCK BETWEEN THE WELLAND CANAL AND THE WELLAND RIVER BY NIAGARA STREET Courtesy of Welland Museum NIAGARA COLLEGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, LATE 1960’S Courtesy of Welland Museum

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CROWLAND, 1907 Courtesy of Welland Museum

UNION CARBIDE, 1924 Courtesy of Welland Museum

SEVENTH STREET, 1930 Courtesy of Welland Museum

UNION CARBIDE, 1955 Courtesy of Welland Museum

WELLAND LEGION ON EAST MAIN STREET, 1949 Courtesy of Welland Museum

RIVERSIDE MILLS ALONG THE WELLAND RIVER AT THE AQUEDUCT (WHAT IS NOW CITY HALL AND PARKING LOT) Courtesy of Welland Museum

MAIN STREET BRIDGE CLOSING CEREMONIES, 1972 Courtesy of Welland Museum

AERIAL VIEW OF DOWNTOWN WELLAND, 1960’S THANK YOU

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