Postcard; Radial Bridge with Tram, Bronte, Ont.
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Postcards
- Description
- A tram is shown on the bridge trestle over the Twelve Mile Creek.
The card was commissioned for local sale by J.S. Flumerfelt, Postmaster for Bronte. His son was Allie Flumerfelt. Bronte Post Office was located on Bronte Road, south of Lakeshore on the west side. It was closed in the 1960's when Oakville took over Trafalgar Township.
The Cataract Power Company established the Hamilton Radial Railway in 1894 and extended service to the west bank of Sixteen Mile Creek in 1904. When the Radial Bridge was completed in 1906, the line was carried over to a terminal building that still stands at the southeast corner of Randall and Thomas Streets. The tracks followed what is now Rebecca Street to McCraney's Corners (at Fourth Line) then to Bronte, Burlington and Hamilton. - Notes
- The original black and white photograph was coloured by hand.
- Inscriptions
- Commercial printing on the front of the card: "Radial Bridge, Bronte, Ont." Commercial printing on the back: "PRIVATE POST CARD.", "THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR CORRESPONDENCE.", "THIS SPACE IS FOR ADDRESS ONLY.", "Published for J. S. Flumerfelt & Son, Bronte, Ont.", "777-4". Print in the stamp space: "1c. CANADA AND UNITED STATES 2c. FOREIGN Printed in England". Handwritten in pencil: "25-".
- Place of Publication
- England
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Joseph S. Flumerfelt Allie O. Flumerfelt
- Corporate Name(s)
- J.S. Flumerfelt & Son
- Local identifier
- TTACL00088
- Collection
- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.40011 Longitude: -79.71632
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- Donor
- Ross and Margaret Wark
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Postcard; Radial Bridge with Tram, Bronte, Ont.
- Contact
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Trafalgar Township Historical Society Sponsor: Jeff Knoll, Local & Regional Councillor for Oakville Ward 5 – Town of Oakville/Regional Municipality of Halton
