This is going to bring the house down - an update on the La Salle Causeway lift bridge 4K 

The sheer power is indeed amazing. There's something almost disturbing about how easily it disrupts structural steel that has stood the test of time for more than a century.

Thanks Don - I think I’m going to miss this almost as much as the bridge itself !

Thank YOU, Scott - it keeps me out of mischief - by and large - and it has been really fascinating.

Thank you - positive feedback is always appreciated

Keith - Joseph Strauss designed more than 500 bascule bridges world-wide. This one and yours had some unique features. Canada has been fortunate for a long time to benefit from several. This was one of the last to survive. I imagine you have a lot of stories to tell - please share them if you can.

It will be interesting to see in due course... thanks for it - and for your interest

An interesting idea around which a number of rumours are circulating - we will see

That would have been interesting - there seems to be no shortage of demolition work these days - and just as much, if not more, new construction.

My father worked there for a few years, After serving in WW2 he finished his degree and was hired at the Celanese plant in Drummondville Qc. as a research chemist developing new textile fibers. After a couple of labor disputes Celanese started to shut down the research part of the business and my father put in for a transfer to the Millhaven plant. I had a summer job at the Drummondville plant in the early seventies while in college.

PS As far as I know, there are no textile factories left in North America.

For me, 1993. You're telling me!

I suspect that this will be the case for many of us. There was something both familiar, impressive and comforting in the presence of that splendid structure

Now that’s a question, Ed, that’s in many minds. I can only tell you that any further work on the east end appears unlikely in the near future.

That’s an interesting suggestion and a good one. There are just two snags. Kingston doesn’t have a municipal museum and the bridge is federal property. However, a Marine Museum locally might be a good place to preserve them, if the government would consider it.