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Manitoba Business: Dominion Bridge Company

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)

Period

Chief Engineer

1930-1956

Harry Manning White (1888-1969)

Some Manitoba structures constructed using its products:

Bridge Type

Location

Built

Status

Redwood Steel Through Truss Bridge

Red River, Winnipeg

1907-1908

 

Steel Through Truss Bridge

Port Nelson, Northern Manitoba

1912-1917

 

CPR Bergen Cutoff Bridge

Red River, Winnipeg

1913

 

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

?

 

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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