Old Pics Of Hamilton - Page 3

Millstone · #1 Posted **May 29, 2008, 4:54 AM**

This is probably the most disconcerting shot...

Think of what's there now if you were to stand on that spot on the roof of Jackson Square. Hardly any shops left along James and King William to generate that kind of foot traffic, Zellers is now a dead parking lot, York Street doesn't even exist anymore, the Lister's been left to rot and the property next to it to fall down. Two-way traffic on King William (cars parked the opposite way). City Hall has been replaced with City Mall.

Grafton's looks gorgeous in this pic.

The pic below this one with "expropriation sale" in the windows is even more

CaptainKirk · #2 Posted **Oct 30, 2013, 12:38 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Millstone

This is probably the most disconcerting shot...

Think of what's there now if you were to stand on that spot on the roof of Jackson Square. Hardly any shops left along James and King William to generate that kind of foot traffic, Zellers is now a dead parking lot, York Street doesn't even exist anymore, the Lister's been left to rot and the property next to it to fall down. Two-way traffic on King William (cars parked the opposite way). City Hall has been replaced with City Mall.

Grafton's looks gorgeous in this pic.

The pic below this one with "expropriation sale" in the windows is even more

Here's a very similar pic, also found at a Toronto website

Dr Awesomesauce · #3 Posted **Oct 30, 2013, 1:29 PM**

Somebody's gonna come along and treat the old Kresge's building properly soon. I feel it.

ScreamingViking · #4 Posted **Oct 30, 2013, 8:12 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr Awesomesauce

Somebody's gonna come along and treat the old Kresge's building properly soon. I feel it.

It deserves something way better than bingo.

CaptainKirk · #5 Posted **Oct 31, 2013, 1:31 AM**

Finally found a pic of The Cinema theatre

Grafton's fire February 12, 1917

CaptainKirk · #6 Posted **Dec 31, 2013, 7:20 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptainKirk

Here's a very similar pic, also found at a Toronto website

CaptainKirk · #7 Posted **Dec 31, 2013, 7:51 AM**

Rene Craik · #8 Posted **Jan 26, 2010, 1:18 PM**

I would love to view your pics, but I keep getting the message to Upgrade - Insufficient Band Width. Do I have to go into Photo Bucket to view these pics?

flar · #9 Posted **Jan 26, 2010, 1:32 PM**

Nobody can see those pics until next month. Free Photobucket accounts have a monthly cap on bandwidth. For these pics, it has been exceeded for the current month.

SteelTown · #10 Posted **Jan 26, 2010, 2:20 PM**

Welcome Rene Craik.

The bandwidth has exceeded, many too many people have been looking at it and hogging up the server. You'll have to wait awhile.

canmanont · #11 Posted **Jan 26, 2010, 8:02 PM**

(why does every hamiltonian refer to neighbourhoods as surveys, when everyone else I know in Ontario uses the term subdivision? It is completely unheard of, I did a double take the first time I heard my 'subdivision' refered to as a survey. And as far as I know, it's a local phenomenon.)

Part of the reason was George Hamilton laid out his village based on the "survey".

The survey ran from "lower baseline"(Burlington St.) to "upper baseline"(Rymal Rd).The east & west sides I have forgotten.

The survey was started in the east end, moving 1 concession west each time he reached a baseline. Because he had to scramble up and down the escarpment each time he went north and south, the links on his measuring "chain"gradually got thinner and therefore the chain got longer!!This is why we have "jogs" on Main st. at such places as Queen st. and Sherman ave.

schmadrian · #12 Posted **Feb 1, 2010, 10:34 AM**

OK.

So it's now February, 'next month'... How come they're not showing up?

: (

flar · #13 Posted **Feb 1, 2010, 1:58 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by schmadrian

OK.

So it's now February, 'next month'... How come they're not showing up?

: (

Sorry, the bandwidth resets on the day of the month the user registered, not the first of the month.

You'll have to wait a little longer, but they will show up eventually. I don't know what day exactly, but definitely within February.

schmadrian · #14 Posted **Feb 3, 2010, 11:37 AM**

So I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for photos in the same vein as stuckinexeter's, where to find them, etc. I'm mostly interested in pre-1970s material.

The Local History collection at the HPL is a great resource...but I'm wanting to find what I find online.

Besides; it might be the last day of the month before these photos become available to view.

schmadrian · #15 Posted **Feb 12, 2010, 6:49 PM**

There are some incredible shots in this thread.

Sobering.

Memory-inducing.

Fascinating.

Thanks to those who have contributed so far...and I'm hoping there'll be some more coming.

EddyandLucy · #16 Posted **Feb 24, 2010, 8:28 PM**

A true trip down memory lane.

There was one picture of the canal taken from the Hamilton side. The Lady Hamilton (?) is alongside there. She used to do summer excursions mostly to Port Dalhousie and some moonlight cruises.

If anyone else recalls, there was a ferry service that went from either the foot of James or John, over to the canal in the summer. I recall it vividly but don't think I've ever seen any pictures of the one(s) in service in the 40's and 50's. I've seen pictures of narrow beam boats that serviced the hotels there in the 20's and 30's but these were very beamy craft and not at all suited for venturing past the canal into the lake.

Jack97 · #17 Posted **Mar 16, 2010, 3:49 PM**

I would like to see the caption on the seventh (7th) picture corrected. It lists the company on the left of Depew Street, as being Dominion Bridge Company. This is in error, the name of the company at the time, 1937, was HAMILTON BRIDGE Company Ltd. This name was changed in the mid 1950s to Bridge and Tank Co. of Canada Ltd.- Hamilton Bridge Division. Dominion Bridge never was located there, they were in Toronto and Montreal and a few places in Western Canada.
I worked for Hamilton Bridge for over 36 years and my father for some 30 years, thus I should know the area quite well. Dominion Foundries and Steel Company Ltd. (DOFASCO), is the company on the right side of the picture, and they had a company named Dominion Castings, which was located a bit further North and just to the South of the rail line above Burlington Street and Procter and Gamble Ltd.

Jody Thornton · #18 Posted **Mar 17, 2010, 1:45 PM**

Hi Folks:

New to the forum. I was reading this post and hoping you could help.

What I've been looking for is QEW pics of the Traffic Circle, at Centennial Parkway in Hamilton. I was hoping to find close-ups of the railway overpasses.

In fact I would love to find close-ups of the QEW (circa 1960s and 1970s) for the entire Hamilton-Burlington stretch, if possible. Just thought I'd ask.

I have seen Cameron Bevers "King's Highway" site (I am quite a regular visitor). So I hope to find other closeup images of the areas I've described.

Well hopefully someone knows where I may find something. Just a curious highway geek and QEW enthusiast.

Cheers,
Jody Thornton
(Hamilton, Ontario)

Mido · #19 Posted **Jan 26, 2011, 3:59 AM**

looking for more pics of kenilworth and king area. Theres a few old farm s on king.

SteelTown · #20 Posted **Feb 2, 2011, 12:19 AM**

Check this link....

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=71778235&postcount=24

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