Concrete bridge over Humber River, Toronto

Description

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

Concrete bridge over the Humber River in what is now Metropolitan Toront.

This photo comes from in a collection of 20 photographs dated 1915. Three show the St. Marys Cement Plant and 17 show buildings and bridges (mostly in Toronto) constructed using Rogers Cement (Rogers was an early partner in the company even before it located in St. Marys in 1912 and became St. Marys Cement.

The collection came from Ron Laidlaw whose father, William Laidlaw, was an employee of this company first in Durham and then in St. Marys. The photographs appear to present a portfolio showing the versatility of concrete as a building material for sales and promotion purposes. This concrete bridge was built a few years before 1915, the date of the photograph.

Please see the submitted comment for interesting additional information about this bridge and the early history of settlement along the Humber River.

Notes

Condition: Good. Marks on image. Mount causing image to curl. Some yellowing.

Date of Original

1915

Date Of Event

1915

Dimensions

Width: 30.3 cm
Height: 21.4 cm

Image Dimensions

Image Width: 23.8cm
Image Height: 18.8cm

Subject(s)

Bridges
Concrete
Rivers

Local identifier

1048ph

Collection

St. Marys Museum photo collection.

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Humber River

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.7050656053528 Longitude: -79.5319604766846

Donor

Ron Laidlaw (William Laidlaw)

Copyright Statement

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Recommended Citation

"Concrete bridge over Humber River, Toronto." St. Marys Museum, 1048ph.

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