This Montreal-based firm, which had operated a steel fabricating plant in Winnipeg since around 1906, declared bankruptcy in September 1998 and its assets were eventually sold.
Chief Engineers (Western Division)
Some Manitoba structures constructed using its products:
Bridge Type |
Location |
Built |
Status |
Redwood Steel Through Truss Bridge |
Red River, Winnipeg |
1907-1908 |
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Steel Through Truss Bridge |
Port Nelson, Northern Manitoba |
1912-1917 |
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CPR Bergen Cutoff Bridge |
Red River, Winnipeg |
1913 |
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Provencher Bridge |
Red River, Winnipeg |
1914-1918 |
Demolished (2001) |
Steel Through Truss Bridge |
Lee River, RM of Lac du Bonnet |
1915 |
Demolished (?) |
Winnipeg Hydro Showroom |
55 Princess Street, Winnipeg |
1919 |
|
St. James Steel Pony Truss Bridge |
Birdtail Creek, Municipality of Prairie View |
1923 |
|
Steel Through Truss Bridge No. 730 |
Assiniboine River, RM of Wallace-Woodworth |
1926 |
|
Main Street Bridge |
Red River, Winnipeg |
1930-1931 |
Demolished (1999) |
Norwood Bridge |
Red River, Winnipeg |
1930-1931 |
Demolished (1999) |
Steel Beam Bridge |
Winnipeg River, RM of Lac du Bonnet |
1931 |
|
Salter Street Bridge |
Salter Street, Winnipeg |
1932 |
Demolished (1984) |
Dominion Post Office Building |
187 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg |
1935 |
|
St. James Bridge |
Assiniboine River, Winnipeg |
1935-1936 |
|
Steel Through Truss Bridge |
Assiniboine River, Municipality of Riverdale |
1946 |
|
Steel Through Truss Bridge |
Qu’Appelle River, RM of Ellice-Archie |
1948 |
|
Steel Through Truss Bridge |
Bowsman River, Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman |
1948 |
|
Baie St. Paul Steel Through Truss Bridge |
Assiniboine River, RM of St. Francois Xavier |
1948 |
|
Winnipeg Arena |
1430 Maroons Road, Winnipeg |
1954-1955 |
Demolished (2006) |
Steel Pony Truss Bridge |
Shell River, Municipality of Roblin |
? |
|
Steel Pony Truss Bridge |
Turtle River, Municipality of Ste. Rose |
? |
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See also:
Manitoba Business: Manitoba Bridge and Iron Works / Manitoba Bridge and Engineering Works
Sources:
“Workers eye buying steel plant,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 September 1998, page 31.
“Dominion Bridge plant jumps back into action,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 April 1999, page 24.
“Dominion Bridge tax sale may be city’s richest,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 December 2009, page B2.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 August 2023
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