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Answer: The CP-Rockfield Bridge, Turntable train bridge (over the canal) :)
The sector extending from the Gauron and Lafleur bridges at LaSalle up to the entrance to the Lachine Canal is a peaceful area devoted to recreation and relaxation. You will be impressed by the CP-Rockfield Bridge.
Unusually high for a swing bridge, it was built for the Canadian Pacific in 1915 (No more in Use today)
Lachine Canal
The Lachine Canal was recognized as a Canadian National Historic Site because of its three major functions: waterway, provider of hydraulic power, and industrial aqueduct. These three characteristics enabled it to become Canada's major manufacturing center from the middle of the 19th century to the middle of the next century. The waterway and the energy it provided attracted the most important industries in Montreal and in Canada as it also facilitated interior navigation. The Lachine Canal industrial complex became an incredibly diversified "industrial park." Between 1846 and 1945, its shores were to host between 600 and 800 different companies, representing all 17 manufacturing groups of the 1948 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). These phenomena were closely intertwined and were interdependent. The object of this paper is to give a few examples of this interdependence and to show that interdependence went beyond simply companies producing for one another.
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Magik
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MagikUnicorn
Réponse: Le pont tournant du canadien-pacifique (Rockfield C.P.Bridge) Des ponts Gauron et Lafleur à LaSalle jusqu'à l'entrée amont du canal à Lachine s'étend un secteur paisible voué à la récréation et à la détente. Votre regard sera attiré par le pont CP-Rockfield. D'une hauteur impressionnante pour un pont tournant, celui-ci a été construit pour le Canadien Pacifique en 1915. Aujourd'hui il est stable et fixe. Le canal de Lachine Le canal de Lachine a été reconnu d'importance historique nationale au Canada à cause de ses trois fonctions principales : voie d'eau, pourvoyeur d'énergie hydraulique et aqueduc industriel, trois caractéristiques qui l'ont propulsé au rang de principal centre industriel manufacturier du pays entre le milieu du 19e siècle et la deuxième guerre mondiale. La voie d'eau et l'énergie qu'elle générait ont, d'une part, attiré sur les rives du canal les plus importantes industries de Montréal et du Canada et, d'autre part, conduit à l'amélioration de la navigation intérieure. Le complexe industriel du canal de Lachine est devenu au fil des ans un «parc industriel» très diversifié puisque, entre 1846 et 1945, on recense entre 600 et 800 différentes entreprises qui représentent les 17 groupes de production de la Standard Industrial Classification. Ces phénomènes sont étroitement reliés et même interdépendants et cette interdépendance va au-delà du simple fait de produire l'un pour l'autre chez les manufacturiers. Merci Magik
Faemike55
Cool! I just didn't know where it was (we have one on the Columbia Slough on the Oregon side
Savage_dragon
Cool. ")
nitegrafix
Awesome! : O
bebopdlx
Cool, thanks for the info also.
Diemamker
I knew it was some thing like that...you can see its no longer in use, but does it still turn?,.. because it blocks the waterways or don't the ship use that water ways anymore... Nicely done and very informative...thanks..
miztere
very interesting!
weesel
Interesting. Can we get a full view of the set up to appreciate the parts of what we are seeing? Not quite the type I thought it would be.
MagikUnicorn
for weesel >>> FULL BRIDGE VIEW
bazza
Coolies MU nice shot!!
alessimarco
~Very cool!!!!~
jocko500
well taken photo
Richardphotos
I was trying to think of the word turntable, but hit a blank spot.very interesting subject
magnus073
Magik, il s'agit d'une merveilleuse photo. le pont est fantastique et très unique
mgtcs
Amazing shot Magik, gorgeous work, loved it very much!
brycek
Cool shot, Magik!!
blinkings
Is that ICE? BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
jayfar
Great shot Magik. Looks very cold.
rocdan
BUGGER !!!! DID ME MONEY ,,,,,,GOOD ONE MY FRIEND
lyron
Amazing!!
DennisReed
Cool!
Jean_C
Intéressante documentation sur ce pont et les canaux. Bonne image et le mystère est résolu!
whaleman
Great, mystery solved!
odile
Ha! Intéressant! Donc le pont tournait pour laisser passer les bateaux...
mininessie
wow! amazing!
Leije
Un pont tournant, c'est spectaculaire !
erlandpil
very interesting! erland
Feliciti
ahh ok cool :)
T.Rex
Aha! The LaChine Canal and the railroad bridge there! Unfortunately I never got there when I lived in Montréal during the 1970s. Thanks for posting! Now I get to see the whole thing (I checked the link, too). Hope all is well in Montréal/Québec! Keep up the good work! :-)
DAVER2112
Nice composition!! :)