WE AT HR&J ADMIT TO OUR MISTAKES.....Linda Ryma Elevator Photos from our last post!

 Thanks to my friend and part time "proof-reader" Allan Yahn; he noticed an unfortunate error that occurred in the last post regarding these five wonderful photos donated for use by local photographer Linda Ryma.  These photos were previously believed to be the CPR Elevators A&B at the far eastern end of Victoria Avenue.

 Yes, they are elevators A&B, however they are Saskatchewan Pool 4 A&B elevators, located near the most northern end of the Elevators near the Port Arthur Shipyards.

As you will see in the following photos these are definitely one and the same Elevator that suffered an incredible explosion in September of 1952.  The photo below is a coloured photo of how the elevator looked before the explosion took place.  You can actually see the Letters "A" and "B" have been painted out in this photo.  Look at the very first photo above to vividly see the letters as they looked in 1950.



 Click on each of these three black and white photos and any of the other photos that you see on this post to see them enlarged and to compare them to the ones above.  You will see that they are one and the same elevator.

 The google earth photo on the right shows the Sask pool elevators in a repaired state and how they look today.  The red square shows the location of Sask Pool 4 Elevators A&B and where the explosion took place.  The yellow square is the Port Arthur Shipyards.  The Elevator to the right of the square is presently the "Viterra" Elevator.

This is a little closer look at the last google earch photo showing its present day location.

This is also a present day photo showing the abandoned Sask Pool 4 Elevators taken
from "Shipyard" road.

The same photo above showing the Viterra Elevator as well.

We are sorry for the error and again thank you to Allan Yahn for noticing the difference.
Also thanks once again to Linda Ryma for the photos and note that we believe her grandfather Alexander Walsh did work at the Saskatchewan Pool 4 A&B Elevators(the ones that did explode back in 1952) as chief electrician.
With this corrected, and with a little more time now that September is here, Hotrods and Jalopies will be able to continue with some more great stories. Thanks to everyone who watches and keeps in touch.  Feel free to comment on any posts.
Thanks, Dave.

Early Grain Elevators at Fort William Ontario...Elevator A & B and N.M. Patterson...

Instead of re-writing the following post, a new post is now submitted correcting the story of the A&B Elevators.  Everything else in this post is correct.  Thank You!

 

Most of the following photos are courtesy of Linda Ryma.  They belonged to her Grandfather Alexander Walsh and were taken by Nelson Merrifield APSA(Associate of the Photographic Society of America).  By comparing the photos, the first few are Elevator A & B which were located at the eastern most end of Victoria Avenue in Fort William Ontario.  The photos from Linda were taken in the early 1950's. 

Noted directly on the Elevators...it says A & B.  Here is the Seaway Queen loading grain with a number of 1950's cars in the foreground helping to date the photo.

This is a photo of Victoria Ave in Fort William in the early 1940's near the corner of May and Victoria Ave.  Further in the distance you can see a large elevator at the foot of Victoria Ave and by maps and data they were called Elevator A&B.

Here's the Sir James Dunn loading grain at the same location.



The James Whalen shown at the left in the same slip as above and the James Whalen permanently docked at the old CPR pier on the Kaministiquia River for all to see at any time Winter and Summer.  The James Whalen at the left also states "United Towing and Salvage on the hull.

This looks like a group of fishermen or workers heading out of the Elevator slip...note no life jackets to be seen!

Below:  A Whaleback Steamer at the Elevator...explanation to the right!

Click on the above and all other photos to enlarge them!

Here are two more era photos, one from the 1940's and one from BC(before cars) both showing the large elevator at the eastern end of Victoria Ave.  The black and white photo below is a close up of the one above with a street car, near the old Commerce Bank building in Fort William.



These two photos are of the original A&B Elevators taken in about 1900.

This is how the eastern end of Victoria Ave looks today without the spectacular
Elevators on the skyline.

This is a photo of the large N.M. Patterson & Sons elevator taken from beneath the swing bridge at the southern end of James Street in West Fort William.



This is a colour photo of the NM Patterson & Sons elevator taken from the top of the swing bridge, showing the Algosoo steamship from Sault Ste Marie and the Western Terminal Elevator in the distance.

Swing Bridge

This final photo was taken recently from the southern end of the swing bridge in West Fort William, Ontario showing the empty property where the Patterson elevator was.

A big thank you to Linda Ryma for the use of the photos.  Linda also loaned HR&J some other photos which will be used in a different post at a later time.