Scott,
“1955 is before my time, but discussions from another thread had some time frame of around 1952-53 where many homes were demolished or moved for upcoming QEW/ Skyway project. This would include the Burlington side which at the time belong to Hamilton for a while.”
Maybe what we need, is to create a thread on the opening of the QEW in 1939, and the construction of the Skyway (I.E.) the roads and bascules bridges origenally involved, the lift bridge, and the houses torn down or removed for the construction of the Skyway bridge.
There is probably lots of information in old news paper articles on microfilm at the Hamilton Public Library. And, in the case of the construction of the Skyway, lots of peaple with lots of memories and information.
“1955 is before my time, but discussions from another thread had some time frame of around 1952-53 where many homes were demolished or moved for upcoming QEW/ Skyway project. This would include the Burlington side which at the time belong to Hamilton for a while.”
Maybe what we need, is to create a thread on the opening of the QEW in 1939, and the construction of the Skyway (I.E.) the roads and bascules bridges origenally involved, the lift bridge, and the houses torn down or removed for the construction of the Skyway bridge.
There is probably lots of information in old news paper articles on microfilm at the Hamilton Public Library. And, in the case of the construction of the Skyway, lots of peaple with lots of memories and information.
A very uncanny happening when I still working. I had never met this man before. And I had to go talk to him about a work matter for some info I needed. Anyhow we got off shop talk for a bit and oddly enough the conversation ended up about lake Erie and how I would love to move there and saying my family had a cottage there years ago. I was not expecting his next reply. He asked me what my surname was and told him. His reply was you aren't going to believe this but it was my in-laws that bought your cottage from your family years back. Uncanny or what. They still have that cottage and have kept it up really nice. They also added propane for heating it. We had wood burning franklin stove to heat it with. When we owned it you couldn't drink the water either since it was pumped in from the lake. I wouldn't doubt they put a filtration on it since they are staying there all year now.
Sharla1
07-10-2010, 11:06 AM
Anyone know how many buildings were removed to put the Skyway in?
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scotto
07-10-2010, 12:12 PM
Anyone know how many buildings were removed to put the Skyway in?
I don't really think we could get a number for that, some were torn down while others were just moved out of the way.
Good question though, I found one link of discussion;
http://hamiltonbeachcommunity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1238&highlight=skyway
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Here is some information on, but nothing specific about ‘houses’.
The city of Hamilton and the province of Ontario worked together to construct the first Burlington Bay Skyway Bridge, which opened in 1958. Ninety-three beach properties were expropriated to facilitate the construction of the 8000-foot bridge towering 210 feet above the beach community.”
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/"The+...inst+Them:"+Class,+Environment,...-a081762577
07-10-2010, 11:06 AM
Anyone know how many buildings were removed to put the Skyway in?
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scotto
07-10-2010, 12:12 PM
Anyone know how many buildings were removed to put the Skyway in?
I don't really think we could get a number for that, some were torn down while others were just moved out of the way.
Good question though, I found one link of discussion;
http://hamiltonbeachcommunity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1238&highlight=skyway
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Here is some information on, but nothing specific about ‘houses’.
The city of Hamilton and the province of Ontario worked together to construct the first Burlington Bay Skyway Bridge, which opened in 1958. Ninety-three beach properties were expropriated to facilitate the construction of the 8000-foot bridge towering 210 feet above the beach community.”
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/"The+...inst+Them:"+Class,+Environment,...-a081762577
I wasn't around for the construction of the first Skyway Bridge, for the second one there wasn't really a clear starting point on either side to say we stared here first. I watched it being built pretty well even on both sides and meeting in the middle.
Thanks to W. Haley
For the first one, I can speculate the start by the progress in the two attached pictures from roughly the same period, the Hamilton structure looks to be almost complete with the Burlington side having a long way to go. So I would assume most of the early work was done on the Hamilton side.
Member Crawfish would know better as he was around and even has a few photos.
Looking south at the Hamilton side, thanks to the University of Guelph Library;
Looking north at the Burlington side, thanks to the Hamilton Public Library.
Thanks to W. Haley
For the first one, I can speculate the start by the progress in the two attached pictures from roughly the same period, the Hamilton structure looks to be almost complete with the Burlington side having a long way to go. So I would assume most of the early work was done on the Hamilton side.
Member Crawfish would know better as he was around and even has a few photos.
Looking south at the Hamilton side, thanks to the University of Guelph Library;
Looking north at the Burlington side, thanks to the Hamilton Public Library.
