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What year were the Victory silos built? thanks

Did they only store soya beans there?

jzcleve wrote:Noticed that the steering pole is folded back up to the fifth picture I believe and is back out in the next. Was the clearance that close that they needed it pulled back?

please dont read too much into the order in that ive posted them..... im honestly not sure the order they should go in, and have possibility messed it up.

Noticed that the steering pole is folded back up to the fifth picture I believe and is back out in the next. Was the clearance that close that they needed it pulled back?

Guest wrote:Can I share these to face book boatnerd ?

i was given permission to share them here, and thats it...... so far.

Hart wrote:If it was 1985 it was my father that was the old man on the Willowglen at the time.

I am wrong. He was on the Birch in 1985

The silos that remain are not used in any way. It was intended that they be torn down at the same time as the others but the whole demolition process was very difficult and was simply abandoned. There have been a number of projects planned for the site but nothing ever comes to fruition. Victory Soya Mills stopped using the waterfront site because it relocated its operations and no longer received or shipped material by ship.

Guest wrote:Very nice pictures and thanks for sharing!

In the 6th photo down from the top, you can see silos on the very right of the photo. Those silos still stand to this day, but everything else has been demolished. As of a few months ago, they have begun the redevelopment of this part of the waterfront. Here is a photo of the silos today that I took about two months ago.

AIRSHOW_LONDON_2018-4-4.jpg

Thanks for sharing great pic. Are these silos scheduled to be demolished as well?

Anyone know the details as to why the Victory silos were torn down and why ships stopped visiting? Thanks.

Guest wrote:Many thanks for sharing these great Toronto harbour photos. Was the Willowglen loading or unloading and what was her cargo exactly thanks? I believe the victory soya mills were torn down long ago?

If anyone else has photos of ships in Toronto Harbour please share them. In all my years of being on boatnerd i'd say they are rare.

Must have been Capt. Metz turning her around?

And yes, Capt. Metz it's time for some more Sea Stories!

If it was 1985 it was my father on the willowglen being the skipper

Can I share these to face book boatnerd ?

If it was 1985 it was my father that was the old man on the Willowglen at the time.

Guest wrote:Very nice pictures and thanks for sharing!

In the 6th photo down from the top, you can see silos on the very right of the photo. Those silos still stand to this day, but everything else has been demolished. As of a few months ago, they have begun the redevelopment of this part of the waterfront. Here is a photo of the silos today that I took about two months ago.

AIRSHOW_LONDON_2018-4-4.jpg

Thanks to your picture of the current state of the silos, and locating them on the earlier photo, it allowed me to use Google Maps satellite view to appreciate the seamanship involved. Thank you!

Very nice pictures and thanks for sharing!

In the 6th photo down from the top, you can see silos on the very right of the photo. Those silos still stand to this day, but everything else has been demolished. As of a few months ago, they have begun the redevelopment of this part of the waterfront. Here is a photo of the silos today that I took about two months ago.

im not sure of the particulars. all i know is it was some time in 85, and these photos are awesome.
these are from the next day as she heads out the east gap

Many thanks for sharing these great Toronto harbour photos. Was the Willowglen loading or unloading and what was her cargo exactly thanks? I believe the victory soya mills were torn down long ago?

If anyone else has photos of ships in Toronto Harbour please share them. In all my years of being on boatnerd i'd say they are rare.

Must have been Capt. Metz turning her around?

And yes, Capt. Metz it's time for some more Sea Stories!

Absolutely gorgeous photos, I assume this is 1985 and the Senator and Quedoc and Meldrum bay and others are getting ready for there one way trips to Quebec and scrap yards beyond.

And no bowthruster, sternthruster or Kort Nozzle!

An exceptional photo collage of ship handling

jim said...... "THE ENCLOSED PHOTOS ARE OF THE STEAMER WILLOWGLEN WHEN SHE WAS IN TORONTO HARBOUR. SHE WAS BOWS IN AT THE VICTORY SOYA MILL AND HAD TO BE MOVED TO GO STERN IN............THERE WAS A CALL FOR A TUG TO ASSIST BUT NONE WAS AT HAND........IN A VERY REMARKABLE BIT OF SEAMANSHIP, THE OLD MAN BACKED HER OUT........TURNED HER AMID SWUNG HER STERN SECTION AROUND AND NESTLED HER IN NICE AND EASY LIKE.............I WAS ON THE BRIDGE OF THE SENATOR OF CANADA AND TOOK THESE PICS..........THIS AMAZING " EVOLUTION " STARTED AT ABOUT 3:30 OR SO AND WAS COMPLETED BY ABOUT 7:15 THEREABOUTS. IT WAS A SINGULAR DISPLAY OF A MAN WHO KNEW HIS BOAT AND OF THE CREW UNDER HIM....................I HOPE YOU ENJOY THESE PICS AS IT WAS DEEPLY ENJOYABLE SEEING THIS PIECE OF HISTORY.........30."

a few more

a dear friend, james charlton, is sharing a pile of photos with me. he has asked me to share them here. i ll try to get him chime to chime in.