REMINISCING ABOUT WELLAND. Courtesy of the. City of Welland Heritage Advisory Committee. and the. Welland Historical Museum

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1 REMINISCING ABOUT WELLAND Courtesy of the City of Welland Heritage Advisory Committee and the Welland Historical Museum

2 AERIAL VIEW LOOKING NORTH, 1930

3 SAILBOAT PASSING UNDER MAIN STREET BRIDGE, 1964

4 WELLAND COURTHOUSE FROM EAST MAIN STREET, 1800 S

5 ST ANDREW S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, LATE 1800 S

6 CAPITAL THEATRE AND REETA COFFEE SHOP ON EAST MAIN, 1955

7 CROWLAND FIRE HALL, 1949

8 THE ROSS BUILDING, 1907 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

9 ORIGINAL CENTRAL UNITED CHURCH, LATE 19 TH CENTURY

10 NIAGARA STREET, 1958

11 VIEW OF THE OLD AQUEDUCT WITH COURT HOUSE AND OLD FIRE HALL NO 1 IN THE BACKGROUND

12 FITCH STREET PLAZA

13 AERIAL VIEW OF THE 3RD CANAL AT OLD AQUEDUCT, 1919

14 WELLAND S FESTIVAL OF ARTS,

15 ARTIST PAINTING A MURAL, 1989

16 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

17 SHIP PASSING UNDER MAIN STREET BRIDGE, 1959

18 EVENING TRIBUNE, 1960 S

19 I \\PERI L B,4, - K OF CANADA IMPERIAL BANK OF CANADA ON KING STREET, 1948

20 WELLAND FIRE HALL NO 1, 1910 (BURNED DOWN 1913)

21 THE CAPITOL THEATRE AND REETA HOTEL ON EAST MAIN STREET, 1930

22 EMPIRE COTTON MILLS, 1913

23 ORIGINAL HOLY TRINITY CHURCH ON SMITH STREET

24 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, 1978

25 SOUTH MAIN STREET (NOW KING STREET) SHOWING THE OLD TOWN HALL AND POST OFFICE BY DIVISION STREET

26 MURDOCH'S SODA GRILL ON NIAGARA STREET, 1911

27 CENTRAL FIRE HALL, 1928 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

28 EAST MAIN STREET, 1910 S

29 ALEXANDRA BRIDGE FACING WEST MAIN STREET, 1800 S

30 WELLAND COUNTY FAIR 100 TH ANNIVERSARY, 1953

31 WELLAND COUNTY FAIR

32 WELLAND COURTHOUSE FIRE, 1913

33 WWI TROOPS ON PARADE IN MERRITT PARK, 1914

34 WWI TROOPS MARCHING DOWN EAST MAIN STREET, 1914

35 WELLAND CLUB HOUSE, 1911

36 WELLAND CLUB HOUSE AND BOWLING GREEN, 1925

37 THE WELLAND CLUB HOUSE, 1990 S Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

38 Public School, Welland CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, (WHERE THE MARKET PARKING LOT IS CURRENTLY)

39 CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE PROCESS OF BEING TORN DOWN, 1968

40 SOUTH MAIN STREET (KING) BY THE BRIDGE, 19 TH CENTURY

41 BOAT DOCKED ON THE WELLAND RIVER BY OLD NIAGARA BRIDGE, 1800 S

42 DIVISION STREET, 1907

43 GREY GABLES SCHOOL ON AQUEDUCT Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

44 AERIAL VIEW LOOKING DOWN EAST MAIN STREET SHOWING OLD ALEXANDRA BRIDGE AND TROLLEY SYSTEM, 1919

45 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee PREPARING FOR THE MOVING OF THE ALEXANDRA BRIDGE TO DIVISION STREET, 1927

46 MOVING THE ALEXANDRA BRIDGE IN ONE DAY TO DIVISION AND BALD STREET IN PREPARATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAIN STREET BRIDGE, 1927

47 GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY STATION, WELLAND, EAST MAIN STREET, S

48 'Che ;Yew jl{arket, Wellano, Ont. - MARKET SQUARE, 1912

49 MARKET SQUARE, 1940 S

50 DRIVE- IN A&W DRIVE-IN ON LINCOLN AND RIVERSIDE, 1960

51 CEMENT WORK ALMOST COMPLETE FOR MAIN STREET BRIDGE, 1929

52 BUILDING EAST TOWER OF MAIN STREET BRIDGE, 1929

53 MAIN STREET BRIDGE NEARING COMPLETION, 1930

54 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee HOTEL BARCLAY AT INTERSECTION OF KING AND DIVISION, 1940 S

55 NORTH MAIN STREET (NIAGARA STREET) FACING NORTH, 1800 S

56 WELLAND HIGH AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, 1879

57 WELLAND HIGH AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, 1959

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

59 THE BRITISH AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING COMPANY S FIRST HULL THE WAR WEASEL IN DRY DOCK,

60 THE FIRST SHIP LAUNCHED AT WELLAND THE WAR WEASEL, 1918

61 NORTH SIDE DAIRY HORSE AND BUGGY

62 OLD POST OFFICE AND CUSTOM S HOUSE ON KING STREET, 1925

63 MAIN STREET SHOWING THE MANSION HOUSE HOTEL, DEXTER HOTEL, AND OPERA HOUSE, 1896

64 D. M ~ C A.W~ & SON ~~ - -- ~ -- D MCCAW & SON SHOE STORE, 1925 (CORNER OF CROSS AND EAST MAIN STREETS)

65 AERIAL VIEW OF THE CANAL, 1920 S

66 KING STREET VIEW SHOWING TOWN HALL, POST OFFICE AND BANK Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

67 ORIGINAL BLUENOSE ON ROUTE TO THE CHICAGO FAIR, 1933

68 NORTH MAIN STREET (NIAGARA STREET) FACING NORTH, 1906

69 MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION IN FRONT OF PLYMOUTH CORDAGE, WELLAND

70 VIEW OF THE CANAL FROM WHERE DIVISION STREET BRIDGE WOULD BE, 1960 S

71 MORWOOD HARDWARE FIRE (LOCATED ON WEST MAIN ACROSS FROM WHAT IS NOW BOGNER PHOTOGRAPHY, 1968

72 WELLAND COURTHOUSE AND FIRE HALL NO 1 ALONG THE WELLAND RIVER PRIOR TO REDIRECTION, 1890

73 ORIGINAL ÉGLISE DU SACRÉ-CŒUR ON THE LEFT , PHOTO FROM 1919 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

74 SECOND ÉGLISE DU SACRÉ-CŒUR , PHOTO FROM 1935

75 EXCAVATION AND CONCRETE WORK FOR LINCOLN STREET BRIDGE, 1925

76 LINCOLN STREET BRIDGE WITH WELMET IN THE BACKGROUND,1930

77 EAST MAIN STREET, 1900 S

78 TOWN HALL ON DIVISION AND KING DISPLAYING WELLAND CENTENNIAL DECORATION, 1958

79 TOWN HALL DEMOLITION, 1959

80 QUEEN STREET SCHOOL

81 ATLAS STEEL

82 OLYMPIA FIRE, 1961

83 VIEW FROM THE MAIN STREET BRIDGE OF TANKER PASSING THE AQUEDUCT

84 WEST MAIN STREET, 1800 S

85 AERIAL VIEW OF CHIPPEWA PARK, 1940 S

86 DAMAGE TO NORTH SIDE OF MAIN STREET BRIDGE WHEN THE LEMOYNE HIT THE WEST TOWER, 1966

87 NIAGARA STREET BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, 1932

88 FIREMEN S CONVENTION ON EAST MAIN STREET, 1910

89 FIREMEN S CONVENTION ON EAST MAIN STREET, 1910

90 VAUGHAN SEED COMPANY Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

91 WELLAND COUNTY HOSPITAL ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE (ORIGINAL BUILDING), 1910

92 WELLAND COUNTY HOSPITAL, LATE 1920 S (NOW AN APARTMENT COMPLEX)

93 CROSS STREET AQUEDUCT POOL, LARGEST FILTERED POOL IN CANADA IN 1948, PICTURE FROM 1952

94 UNION CARBIDE (ELECTRO METALS), 1956

95 EAST MAIN STREET AFTER A SNOW STORM, 1936 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

96 ALEXANDRA BRIDGE OVER THE 3 RD CANAL LOOKING DOWN EAST MAIN, 1901

97 VIEW OF MERRITT PARK FROM THE WELLAND CLUB HOUSE

98 OLD AQUEDUCT AND LOCK LEADING INTO THE WELLAND RIVER, 1920

99 BOAT PASSING ALEXANDRA BRIDGE (MAIN STREET), 19 TH CENTURY

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

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

102 HUNGARIAN BAPTIST CHURCH ON REGENT STREET Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

103 WELLAND JUNCTION (DAIN CITY), 1905

104 NEWLY COMPLETED TOWN HALL ON KING AND DIVISION, 1901 Courtesy of Welland Heritage Committee

105 SOUTH DOCK SHOWING PAGE HERSEY AND ELECTRO METALS, 1940

106 UKRAINIAN GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, 1919 LOCATED ON WHAT LATER BECAME FOURTH STREET AFTER PLYMOUTH CORDAGE TOOK OVER THE LAND

107 R. AGRO AND SONS FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ON CORNER OF DIVISION STREET AND HELLEMS AVENUE, 1924

108 Plymouth.five.) looking north, Wel/ano, Ont. First Street, Wellano, Ont. PLYMOUTH CORDAGE EXECUTIVE HOMES ON PLYMOUTH STREET AND EMPLOYEE HOMES ON FIRST STREET, 1920 S

109 REMOVING TROLLEY TRACK LINES ON KING STREET, 1937

110 ALEXANDRA BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, 1904

111 WAR SHIP ON THE CANAL BY MERRITT PARK, 1918

112 THE OLD AQUEDUCT SHOWING THE ARCH WAYS WHERE THE RIVER WOULD PASS THROUGH, 1930 S

113 FILLING IN THE OLD RIVER BED BY THE 2 ND AQUEDUCT DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE 4 TH CANAL, 1930 S

114 HIGH WATER LEVEL AT NIAGARA BRIDGE, 1936

115 WELLAND CENTENNIAL PARADE, 1958

116 IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED ON LINCOLN STREET, 1926

117 THE LOCK BETWEEN THE WELLAND CANAL AND THE WELLAND RIVER BY NIAGARA STREET

118 NIAGARA COLLEGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, LATE 1960 S

119 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CROWLAND, 1907

120 UNION CARBIDE, 1924

121 SEVENTH STREET, 1930

122 UNION CARBIDE, 1955

123 WELLAND LEGION ON EAST MAIN STREET, 1949

124 RIVERSIDE MILLS ALONG THE WELLAND RIVER AT THE AQUEDUCT (WHAT IS NOW CITY HALL AND PARKING LOT)

125 MAIN STREET BRIDGE CLOSING CEREMONIES, 1972

126 AERIAL VIEW OF DOWNTOWN WELLAND, 1960 S

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