Transportation

Souvenir copy of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers meeting in St. Thomas. Contains a historical sketch of St. Thomas as well as lots of local advertising and photographs.

Port Stanley Customs House Manifest Book for the period March 28, 1850 to December 13, 1852. Includes names of ships, destination ports and descriptions of cargo.

Record of the first four years of operation of the London and Port Stanley Railway following its electrification and municipalization, by the City of London. Book contains lots of images showing the improvements made to the railway.

Produced and distributed by the Railway ca. 1907 as an enticement to tourists to use the railway to visit Port Stanley; Rondeau; The Mettawas resort and Paradise Grove, Kingsville, Ontario; the St. Clair River; Detroit and the Detroit River, including Belle Isle. Booklet includes several photographs relating to Port Stanley.

Produced and distributed by the Railway ca. 1897 as an enticement to tourists to use the railway to visit Port Stanley. Booklet includes several historic photographs of Port Stanley.

An illustration of the "Erecting Traveller, Kettle Creek Trestle, M.C.R.R." derrick, from the publication "The Engineering and Building Record", June 2, ca. 1888. It was designed and built by the Detroit Bridge Company. Regarding this illustration, the publication states: "This derrick was designed and built by the Detroit Bridge Company for their own use on the Kettle Creek trestle of the M.C.R.R.. Its duty was to remove the old and set up the new structure without interfering with the regular traffic, which was all transferred to one track while work progressed on the other".

A history of the London & Port Stanley Railway.

Chuck Brubacher's experiences and recollections on his time with the Ambulance Service in Ontario. Chuck had been a resident of St. Thomas.