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Depot Harbour: The Rise And Fall Of An Ontario Grain Port, Patrick Holland-Stergar
Depot Harbour: The Rise And Fall Of An Ontario Grain Port, Patrick Holland-Stergar
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
This thesis considers the creation, commercial success, decline, and abandonment of Depot Harbour, a major grain port in Ontario. I argue that the rapid, early success of the port beginning in 1898 was only possible with the confluence of economic globalization of grain markets, the expansion of the grain trade and transportation routes in Canada, and ownership invested in the port’s success. The transfer of ownership to a national railroad left Depot Harbour exposed to the negative ramifications of consolidation and nationalization of the railroad system of Canada, which led to its neglect and ultimate abandonment by 1945 despite the …
Windsor, Essex, And Lake Shore Railway: Report, 25 July 1934, T. Stewart Lyon
Windsor, Essex, And Lake Shore Railway: Report, 25 July 1934, T. Stewart Lyon
SWODA: Windsor & Region Publications
The history and financial situation of the Windsor, Essex, and Lake Shore Rapid Railway Company / Windsor, Essex, and Lake Shore Electric Railway Association up to its demise in 1932.
Windsor, Essex, And Lake Shore Railway: Criticisms And Charges, 1933, Anonymous
Windsor, Essex, And Lake Shore Railway: Criticisms And Charges, 1933, Anonymous
SWODA: Windsor & Region Publications
Criticism and charges against the Windsor, Essex and Lake Shore Railway, dated January 19th, 1933; also the responses to these criticisms; the Windsor, Essex, and Lake Shore Railway folded on September 15th, 1932.
Windsor, Essex And Lake Shore Rapid Railway Company. Minutes Of Meetings And Bylaws 1927-1932, Windsor, Essex, And Lake Shore Electric Railway Association, Windsor, Essex, And Lake Shore Rapid Railway Company
Windsor, Essex And Lake Shore Rapid Railway Company. Minutes Of Meetings And Bylaws 1927-1932, Windsor, Essex, And Lake Shore Electric Railway Association, Windsor, Essex, And Lake Shore Rapid Railway Company
SWODA: Windsor & Region Publications
The Windsor, Essex, and Lake Shore Interurban was incorporated in 1901. It became the Windsor, Essex, and Lake Shore Rapid Railway Company in 1907. In 1929 it was acquired by local municipalities and became the Windsor, Essex and Lake Shore Electric Railway Association. The municipalities were the City of Windsor, the towns of Kingsville, Leamington and Essex, and the townships of Sandwich West, Sandwich East, Sandwich South, Gosfield North, and Gosfield South. These are the minutes of meetings and the by-laws for the last 5 years of its operations. It folded on September 15th, 1932.
Detroit River Tunnel Between Detroit, Michigan, And Windsor, Canada, William John Wilgus
Detroit River Tunnel Between Detroit, Michigan, And Windsor, Canada, William John Wilgus
SWODA: Windsor & Region Publications
The history, engineering, and costs of the rail tunnel between Windsor and Detroit; Institution of Civil Engineers, Session 1910-1911, Part 3, Section 1: Paper 3915 (February 7th, 1911).