Industrial Landscapes
The gallery is now expanding to include other aspects of industrial heritage - grand and small. Many of the photos here have little in the way of aesthetic qualities but are of interest because of their content.
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In this photo, July 2014, the new low-level bridge is dominated by the old span not only in height but the new bridge is less than 20 per cent as long as its predecessor.
The Moses-Saunders Hydro Dam in the background. This photo was taken from the former high-level North-Channel Bridge.
A somewhat smaller steel bridge.
This bridge across the Rideau River served a small industrial centre in the village of Andrewsville.
Canadian Coast Guard Vessel, "Martha Black"
Moving west up the St. Lawrence River near Lancaster, Ontario, under the watchful eyes of hundreds of Snow & Canada Geese that line the open channel. The Adirondack Mountains in the background.
Another morning and another view from the front of the Hatley Estate.
This cruise ship, "The Ovation of the Seas", is bound for the Victoria Harbour.
North Channel Bridge shortly before 2015 demolition
Structure Type Metal Continuous (Arched) Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Rivet-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed
Overflow Dam, Clowes Quarry on the Rideau Canal
Overflow Dam, Clowes Quarry on the Rideau Canal
This was all part of the infrastructure to maintain the dredges operating the river bottoms. in the surrounding area. A broken part could bring operations to a halt and there was no time to wait for replacements parts thousands of kilometers to the south. The machine shop workers either repaired the part or fabricated a new one.
The Iconic Canadian Urban Landscape
The Rideau Canal centre stage with the former Ottawa Union Station, now the Ottawa Conference Centre, centre right (arches) with the towers of the Chateau Laurier Hotel behind. Centre left the Canadian Parliament Buildings. The scene is bracketed by lesser and more modern architectural renderings.
Removing the deck of the bridge is one of the first steps.
This was once one of the busiest milling centres in eastern Ontario.
Bedford Mills on the Rideau Canal
Once a thriving mill site and community.
This canal carried people, resources, and products in and out of Central Canada for well over a century. It opened before the coming of the railways. The Moses-Saunders Hydro Dam in the background.
The main CN Rail line, previously the Grand Trunk Railway, crosses the canal.
Cultural Landscape, Rideau Canal, Ottawa, Ontario
This section of the canal was a rather stark industrial landscape until the early 20th Century. The canal was bordered bt piles of coal, sheds of all shapes and sizes and a dry dock.
Log Chute, Another example of Canada's industrial heritage.
Algonquin Park Logging Museum
The compressed view through a 400mm lens from the waterfront of the Hatley Estate.
In the immediate foreground looking across the lagoon is the causeway complete with trash barrel; the Panamanian freighter is about a kilometer beyond the causeway in the "Royal Roads" anchorage. In the background the tops of the Olympic Mountains in the state of Washington across the Salish Sea.
