Originally Posted by SteelTown (Post 5148568)

Check this link....

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...5&postcount=24

Awesome! Downtown Hamiltin in 1968 in colour plus the old HSR.

Originally Posted by Berklon (Post 5149790)

Fantastic pictures. The quality is amazing... thanks for sharing!

I remember those red "Bus Area" signs. I was born in 1969, but everything I see in the pics was basically the same in the mid 70's when I can remember more.

I'd love to see more pics from around the late 60's to late 70's... whether it's based around HSR or not. Love this type of stuff.

Originally Posted by c@taract_soulj@h (Post 5149107)

If anyone has pictures of the old Eatons (before the Eaton Centre) with the warehouse style elevators, or any other downtown pics from the 80's, that would bring back many memories! I was just a shorty at the time but also remember the underground walkway under James St. from Eatons to Kresges (I think?)

Originally Posted by Paul29 (Post 5153381)

Ah, I forgot about the Robinson's building there. It was a vacant lot for the longest time that I remember.

Originally Posted by matt602 (Post 5153935)

Yep... still is.

Originally Posted by Paul29 (Post 5152318)

You might be thinking of Zellers?

I'd also love some older pics from the core. I worked at Kresge's in the late 80's early 90's until it closed. I heard all the glory stories from customers and other employees and would love some pics especially of the Kresges building itself......I'm still convinced it's haunted.:yes:

Originally Posted by stuckinexeter (Post 5214979)

Originally Posted by stuckinexeter (Post 5213933)

The pic below was titled looking toward VanWagners Beach.... i am assuming this was taken on Windemere Rd in the 30's or 40's, but what interests me is the sign in the photo. Can anyone elaborate on it.... thanks....

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...VanWagners.jpg

Originally Posted by DC83 (Post 3577118)

These photos are great! I have a bunch of Hamilton history books displayed in my bookshelf, no need to be ashamed. It's just a way of looking into the future, really. If you look at these pics, and see how urban planning then worked, we can use it as examples for the future (ie: return of Street Rail).

There were some great pics I hadn't actually seen b4 tho, like the Main/Huxley shot. I think that theater is a collectors/comic shop now called 'Weird Things'. The bldg's still there, but the awning is gone.

Was the airport actually at Reid/Dunsmure? If you look at google maps sat image, it looks like the aiport was a lil more north by Melvin/Woodward (it's neat b/c it looks like the outline of runways):
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en...=16&iwloc=addr

Originally Posted by stuckinexeter (Post 4383840)

Came across some photos of stuff you may c but never take note of. Feel free to add photos of similar items below. All pictures courtesy of archive.org and are in the public domain.

The developement of electrical power started about 1900 from the Niagara area to points in Ontario. Here are some early pics of the transmission lines/towers and some still do exist.

The pic below is the Niagara/Dundas/London corridor line. This view looks north towards the Dundas substation. The line on right is incoming from Niagara, the line on left outgoing to London. This line still exists today from Dundas to Ingersoll and also along Hwy 6 from Waterdown to Guelph.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...00listuo-3.jpg

The next pic is of the same line while workers erected the towers. Note the fact no safety gear......
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...00listuo-2.jpg

Next is that same line from Niagara Falls at the Welland Canal. Note the workmen on the canal tower finishing it off while the line is only strung to the shorter tower on the left.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...00listuo-1.jpg

Next is the switching station from the first line to reach Hamilton, before Niagara power lines. This station served the line from Decew Falls to Hamilton and was situated north of CNR tracks at Strathearne Ave in Hamilton
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...0listuoft-.jpg

This power line below ran from Niagara Falls ON via Chippewa, Fort Erie & Buffalo to Syracuse NY.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...e00lundr-2.jpg

This line was part of the original Niagara to London Line. It still exists today running from London to Stratford.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...e00lundr-1.jpg

This dual line ran from Niagara along the escarpment to a point near Stoney Creek at Ridge Rd. It then descended and travelled diagonally across the beach strip, where it headed northease across Burlington, meeting with the CNR tracks past Guelph Line. This line may still exist in the Hwy 20 Fonthill area.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...00lundrich.jpg

Finally the original Decew Falls line to Hamilton. Part of this line still exists in the Pelham area. Ontario Hydro left one tower standing to mark the historical
site of the line to Hamilton. It stands at Greenhill Ave at the foot of Cochrane Rd.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...00listuoft.jpg

Originally Posted by IronWarrior (Post 5539471)

I remember riding on those buses as a kid around downtown Hamilton and they would sometimes spark, I always thought it was cool then. It's sad to see the clip in that video of the old Eatons on James Street, lots of memories...

Originally Posted by stuckinexeter (Post 5665100)

The Brant Inn viewed from the air.
http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...naerial934.jpg
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