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Category: Civil Engineering

Preserve Harbour Logo

Preserve Harbour Logo

Opposition to the marina expansion utilized several graphic displays to further the cause. The simplicity of this logo, suggesting danger to both our heritage and the wildlife, made […]
Lighthouse and Clouds

Lighthouse and Clouds

This photograph conveys many aspects of the lake including its immensity, beauty and sometime threatening nature.  The lighthouse reaches out from the land as a beacon of safety […]
Rice Lake Trestle Bridge

Rice Lake Trestle Bridge

This photograph, taken in 1856, is one of only three known to have been taken of the Rice Lake Bridge while it was still operational.  It shows that […]
Blairton Mine

Blairton Mine

The development of this mine by industrialists from Pittsburgh brought renewed life to the railway and, consequently, the harbour. The railway ore cars were commissioned from James Crossen […]
Bridge Over Rice Lake

Bridge Over Rice Lake

This photograph is of a watercolour over pencil painting of the Rice Lake bridge viewed from the south shore of the Lake, west of Harwood.  The train can […]
Plan of Cobourg Harbour 1835

Plan of Cobourg Harbour 1835

This plan from 1835 shows the proposal for an east pier.  A continuous line of rock-filled wooden cribs, such as those used later in the Rice Lake Bridge, […]