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scotto 10-03-2010, 10:44 PM When the buildings were built on the strip, how many were used as cottages and how many were perm. houses? From a 1997 Spec article; (1) ("The province gave Hamilton the right to sell land along the Beach Strip in 1874 and extensive recreational and summer residences...

Drogo, the 1915 news paper article in this thread seems to indicate that the King's Head Inn was 100 yards south of the 'Beach road'. http://hamiltonbeachcommunity.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-2240.html Its interesting that 'road' is spelled with a small 'r'. so I wonder if the article is...

Scott "I only know of one post office on the Beach, it is now a residential home at 924 Beach Blvd, I don't know if it is that old. It could very well be that old, I have sent an email to the owner to see if they know the year it was built." Scott, the 1915 news paper article says in part...

If I'm reading this page correctly, the post office on the beach was first established in 1884. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/post-offices/001001-119.01-e.php?&isn_id_nbr=1907&interval=24&&PHPSESSID=5kuglqvo9gsejpt9hsp4ls22d7

Drogo "I don't think that the Beach was ever a "postal villiage" Again from the Diaries Thompson got his mail in the following ways. He went "up to Hamilton" for the mail. His son William came "down from Hamilton" and had picked up his mail. Captain Davis visited and brought his mail. A tug...

Back to the issue of the Beach's post office. Perhaps when the post office was first established, Hamilton Beach was considered a 'postal village'. 'postal village' "a postal village is generally a community, settlement, or hamlet (place) that has a post office. And is designated as...

Scott 1915 news paper article (Development of Hamilton Beach Has Been Rapid) ""HOTELS FLOURISHED Thirty years ago there were no less than nine hotels in operation along the Beach strip, although the population was considerably less than 200. About 100 yards south of the beach road, there was...

Scott, the 1915 news paper article that you posted (Development of Hamilton Beach Has Been Rapid) indicates that in 1915 , there was a post office on the beach. "HOTELS FLOURISHED Thirty years ago there were no less than nine hotels in operation along the Beach strip, although the...

scotto 12-07-2009, 10:46 PM "The answer to the chimney question has been found in Dorothy Turcotte's book, the Sand Strip. Thanks to Member Drogo The other major landmark north of the Canal was the old brick power house. Starting in 1893, the Hamilton Radial Electric Company began work on a...

Scott, "The big bands would of been down at the Brant Inn if my timelines are correct. At present I don't have a date for being built, but it burned down in the 80's and I believe the building beside it, the Cottage Inn, burned down the year before right after a late night thunder storm. I have...

Scott, maybe the answer is in old telephone books possibly at the Hamilton Public Library Local History and Archives. A telephone book from the 1980's that lists the 'New Pier Dance Hall, might give the address. And so working back through telephone books from previous years, might have a...

Scott, This thread refers to a bowling alley on the beach that was located at 1150, beside which was located the Pier Dance Pavilion. Was this the same dance hall? http://hamiltonbeachcommunity.com/forum/threads/beach-addresses-all-tell-a-story.637/

This page has links to information on the Murton Coal company, and several Murton family members. At least I hope that they are all part of the same 'Murton' family. http://www.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/documents/Brookes/search.asp?Let=M&Index=True

Scott, "This picture was very large, high quality (for it's day) shots pasted together and it doesn't show well in format I have posted it. I will try another way. I was hoping to match Peggy's background in her outlet thread. (Added; Clicking on the picture will bring you to my Photobucket...

Scott, Sory, in reading that article and the captions for the pictures, I thought that the reference to the 'high level bridge' was for the 'skyway bridge'.

Drogo "News article doesn't say how much he did but he didn't finish it. The Spectator would make it sound like he just started and decided to there needed to be more money and the job was turned over. Biographies are often dependant on who writes them." Drogo, there seems to be several books...

"Drogo 11-09-2013, 02:03 PM "It was the original intention to locate the "Burlington Bay Canal" a mile further south than the present cut, in order to give vessels an offing to northward to work in, should they fail in making the mouth of the canal in an west blow, but local interest on the...

Drogo "It was the original intention to locate the "Burlington Bay Canal" a mile further south than the present cut, in order to give vessels an offing to northward to work in, should they fail in making the mouth of the canal in an west blow, but local interest on the north shore, and a shorter...

Drogo It was the original intention to locate the Burlington Bay Canal a mile further south than the present cut, in order to give vessels an offing to northward to work in, should they fail in making the mouth of the canal in an west blow, but local interest on the north shore, and a shorter...

Scott “The Swing Bridges With the spread of the railway through out the Hamilton area, a more cost effective route was look at, the trip through the Beach Strip saved considerable time and money, so it was the railway that brought the first heavy moveable structure to the Beach.” “On April 28...