April 24, 2020stcmuseum

Museum Chat Live! E505 – Canal Crossings Miniseries: The Crossings Today

On this episode of Museum Chat Live!, your co-host Sara chats with special guest, Des Corran, about the canal crossings in-use today.

We explore not only the surviving bridges from when the Welland Canal opened in 1932, but also the construction of the underwater tunnels and the Garden City Skyway.

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E505 – The Crossings Today

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Footnotes

Heavy traffic on the QEW across Homer Bridge (Bridge no. 4), 1951. STCM 2239-N.
Construction of the Garden City Skyway, 1961. The first cross beam being placed on the new bridge’s concrete piers. STCM S1961.85.7.2

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