Did that plenty of times,.when it was in a state of ruin,.....and the test was to walk over the tall yellow beams that stood above the last two sections of the Dam,.......and then know the route across the last few feet of floating logs trapped on the high side of the dam,.....
Also scale down the bricks ,into the old building,....Amazing more people didn't get hurt over there,..........(or getting over to the island) wasn't known as Black Bank ?............. once they filled it in ,it just wasn't the same,.Although it was always neat to checkout the rapids from that vantage point,....I understand it's a bird sanctuary now?
.....I took this shot in the early 70's at the end of Island....(nearest Verdun side),.......the neat thing is George McCrae took this next shot about two years ago,..it looks very similar:
....a very similar shot taken in roughly the same location,..........
......Those Were the Days......
Now this is very old picture,.and is depicted as being part of Montreal,Light ,Heat & Power.........Lasalle Powerhouse at the Rapids Contributor: Jacquemin Date:1922. Identifier: KU44165 Format:Stereograph. . h4.18 in. x w7.18 in. Inscription: Montreal Light, Heat and Power Co. La Salle, Lachine Rapids, Canada.
ReplyDeleteSubjects: Water power
Hydroelectric power
Montreal Light, Heat & Power Co.
Cities & towns
La Salle ..........................Don't know about accuracy,...as I can Remember the building vaquely,.....but I do recall it well while it was in ruins,.....I Remember they had a chain fence around the Lasalle side of the building (as if a chain fence,would keep out everyone)..............hahahahaha Title not known] 1922. KU44165
creator: Jacquemin
subject: Water power
subject: Hydroelectric power
subject: Montreal Light, Heat & Power Co.
subject: Cities & towns
subject: La Salle
subject.series: Keystone-Mast Collection,
subject.series: Stereographic Photoprints by Geographical Location
subject.series: North and Central America
subject.series: Canada
subject.series: QuŽbec
description: Inscription Montreal Light, Heat and Power Co. La Salle, Lachine Rapids, Canada.
publisher: UCR/California Museum of Photography
type: image
type.genreform: Stereograph. .
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