“The chimney for the Ottawa Union Station power and heating plant was demolished on Tuesday, 23 May 1967, according to page 1 of that day’s Ottawa Citizen. It took a bit of doing to get it to come down.” Two sets of blasts.
Note locomotive CPR 1201 that served faithfully on many steam excursions around the Ottawa area and then regular runs to Wakefield until it was replaced by a Swedish locomotive and carriages. Sadly Chelsea Town has ripped up its part of the tracks making excursions up the Gatineau River impossible.
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The closing of Ottawa’s downtown station seems to have been quite short sighted in retrospect. At least the building was mostly preserved.
Thanks.
Thanks for posting. Great views of history like this are becoming increasingly rare
Indeed!
“The chimney for the Ottawa Union Station power and heating plant was demolished on Tuesday, 23 May 1967, according to page 1 of that day’s Ottawa Citizen. It took a bit of doing to get it to come down.”
Two sets of blasts.
It was a school day for me, but my dad worked close to that area on Wilbrod and stepped out to capture this.
Note locomotive CPR 1201 that served faithfully on many steam excursions around the Ottawa area and then regular runs to Wakefield until it was replaced by a Swedish locomotive and carriages. Sadly Chelsea Town has ripped up its part of the tracks making excursions up the Gatineau River impossible.
Great images! Was it indeed 1966 or more likely early 1967 and then spring/summer 1967 for the Ottawa West images?
Not quite sure. I was about 8 years old when our family went there. My dad took the film. Thanks!