Both my great grandfather and great great grandfather came over from England from 1912-1916 to work as train engineers on this project. I wish I had digital copies of these incredible photos!!! Thank you for sharing this.
Do you have any records of an Italian boy drowning whilst a train's dump buckets tipped to dump rock, with the Italian boy falling off and being lost in the water? That's one of the stories that was passed down through my family as my forefathers was the conductor who had to report it and I wonder if there are records of the boys name.
Great video. When I was 13yrs old, my father was the executive of a large insurance company with many contacts. Somehow, he arranged a trip up the canal on the Coverdale, one of CSL'S newest freighters, still coal powered. (It has long since been retired and scrapped.) I'm 80 now but am still fascinated and excited by the Canal. I was lucky. To-day, with security, etc., God couldn't arrange such a trip.
Prior to my trip, my father managed to arrange a visit to the control tower at the top of lock 6. The lock master was Matt Craig who had lost his hand in the war, but he could throw the switches for the gates as fas as I could with two. Yes, he let me operate the switches. Can you you believe it?! I was 11 at that time. The next visit was to the Glendale Ave. Bridge. Needless to say, I was not allowed to operate the controls. In those days, there was quite a procedure just to get ready to lift, including stopping traffic and making sure there was no one looking for a ride.
Thank you for posting this video. I'm a historian in Texas. I've completed a 3-year research project on a steamship and I'm now in the process of writing a book about it. The vessel was built at Globe Shipbuilders in Superior, WI in 1920. The ship was a freighter named SS LAKE FLAG, and in 1926 renamed SS WEST TEXAS. The ship passed through the Welland ship canal on May 19, 1920 from Lake Erie on its way to Montreal with a load of coal from Cleveland, OH. Tonight I'm writing the chapter about the passage through the canal. Thanks again for doing the research and presenting the information that other writers/researchers like me can truly appreciate. Much thanks from Texas!
NOTLMuseum and Kathleen Powell, fantastic video and fantastic job Kathleen, this was so easy to follow, understand and your voice was pleasant to listen to and most importantly the content was accurate and organized. Ty
Both my great grandfather and great great grandfather came over from England from 1912-1916 to work as train engineers on this project. I wish I had digital copies of these incredible photos!!! Thank you for sharing this.
Do you have any records of an Italian boy drowning whilst a train's dump buckets tipped to dump rock, with the Italian boy falling off and being lost in the water?
That's one of the stories that was passed down through my family as my forefathers was the conductor who had to report it and I wonder if there are records of the boys name.
Great video. When I was 13yrs old, my father was the executive of a large insurance company with many contacts. Somehow, he arranged a trip up the canal on the Coverdale, one of CSL'S newest freighters, still coal powered. (It has long since been retired and scrapped.) I'm 80 now but am still fascinated and excited by the Canal. I was lucky. To-day, with security, etc., God couldn't arrange such a trip.
And who would have thought that with the building of the canal system would generate the 3rd largest world economy
Prior to my trip, my father managed to arrange a visit to the control tower at the top of lock 6. The lock master was Matt Craig who had lost his hand in the war, but he could throw the switches for the gates as fas as I could with two. Yes, he let me operate the switches. Can you you believe it?! I was 11 at that time. The next visit was to the Glendale Ave. Bridge. Needless to say, I was not allowed to operate the controls. In those days, there was quite a procedure just to get ready to lift, including stopping traffic and making sure there was no one looking for a ride.
Thank you from France! I learn more about my italian great grand father fireman on the canal during the 30, 40's...
My dad's coworker fell to his death on the scaffolding
Need map and aerial views.
Thank you for posting this video. I'm a historian in Texas. I've completed a 3-year research project on a steamship and I'm now in the process of writing a book about it. The vessel was built at Globe Shipbuilders in Superior, WI in 1920. The ship was a freighter named SS LAKE FLAG, and in 1926 renamed SS WEST TEXAS. The ship passed through the Welland ship canal on May 19, 1920 from Lake Erie on its way to Montreal with a load of coal from Cleveland, OH. Tonight I'm writing the chapter about the passage through the canal. Thanks again for doing the research and presenting the information that other writers/researchers like me can truly appreciate. Much thanks from Texas!
Thank you, such heroics and sacrifice of both the men and women improving our lives in many ways.
NOTLMuseum and Kathleen Powell, fantastic video and fantastic job Kathleen, this was so easy to follow, understand and your voice was pleasant to listen to and most importantly the content was accurate and organized. Ty
Wow, locks 1, 2 and 3 are in St Catharines… 4, 5, 6 and 7 are in Thorold, 8 is in Welland!
Lock 4 is in St Catharines, Lock 8 is in Port Colborne.
Actually, Lock 8 is at Pt. Colborne and is just a control lock to compensate for the variations in the level of Lake Erie.
@@robertsears1688 Lock 4 is MOSTLY in St. Catharines, the city boundary cuts Lock 4 @ 20 - 50 metres from its southern gates.
Nice monument! Brave men, all of them, doing what they needed to do for their families!