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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 22h

The more of E.J. Lennox's work I see, the more I'm convinced he designed the Jarvis Bldg @ 103 Bay St., Toronto (pic. ca. 1913)

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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds good!

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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 2d

Cheers, Toon! Writing about the Victoria Brewery (Part 1 of 2) + the Brading's beer train tunnel lately, I've learned a ton about Lebreton. I'm excited to finish Part 2 of the Victoria Brewery story, in which Mayor (& later MP) John Rochester Jr. gets into the lumber biz on the Flats.

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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 3d

Same location (Rideau St., a couple doors east of Union Stn, #Ottawa); Bowles Lunch, 1921. #colourized

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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 3d

Pic is from 1956

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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 3d

Just happened across this Scott's Restaurant pic whilst searching for something else. Formerly on Rideau a couple doors east of Union Station, & prev. a Bowles Lunch. The other #Ottawa Bowles (on Sparks St.) ultimately became a Scott's Chicken Villa (KFC). Full story: apt613.ca/capital-hist...

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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 3d

NE corner of Rideau @ Sussex, 1957. Tamblyn Drugs, F.W. Woolworth Co., & Freiman's. (New, lighter v. than originally posted.)

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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 5d

It's been pointed out on another platform that we can indeed see the head of a horse poking out from behind the tree stump

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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 6d

Note the horse-drawn tram in the pic. Chances are photog Topley asked the conductor to park it for the shot, + hid the horses behind the tree stump (since they would've inherently moved, & consequently blurred).
Horse-drawn tram service in Ottawa began in 1866.

Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 6d

2) H. F. Brading & Co.'s "Union Brewery", and Lebreton Flats / lumber piling grounds, viewing north-westerly from Bronson's Hill aka Christ Church Hill, ca. 1875. [Photo by William Topley]

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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 6d

At the time, the plant was producing 12 million gallons of beer per year. The new wort tanks would increase that to 18 million gallons.

Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 6d

2 new pics added to my recent Brading's Brewery story...

1) A giant crane lifts one of two 7000 gallon "wort tanks" to the top of O'Keefe's Ottawa brewery (prev. Brading's-Capital, present-day SW corner of Albert & Preston) as part of a three-year, $1 million expansion program. [Dec. 12, 1962]

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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 6d

Full story (also edited for length since 1st published): www.ashleynewall.ca/2025/09/brad...

Brading's Brewery (Ottawa), Part 3: 20th Century & Beer Train Tunnel

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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 6d

2) H. F. Brading & Co.'s "Union Brewery", and Lebreton Flats / lumber piling grounds, viewing north-westerly from Bronson's Hill aka Christ Church Hill, ca. 1875. [Photo by William Topley]

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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 6d

2 new pics added to my recent Brading's Brewery story...

1) A giant crane lifts one of two 7000 gallon "wort tanks" to the top of O'Keefe's Ottawa brewery (prev. Brading's-Capital, present-day SW corner of Albert & Preston) as part of a three-year, $1 million expansion program. [Dec. 12, 1962]

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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 8d

(Dominion Brewery ran from 1850s to 1880.)
Above pic a colour photo / not colourized

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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 8d

Full story of the Rochesters' (Victoria) Brewery here (article has been updated since 1st published): www.ashleynewall.ca/2025/08/roch...

Rochester's Victoria Brewery (Ottawa), 1829-1900 (Part 1: 1829-65)

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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 8d

Interesting 1960 pic of Alexandra / Interprovincial Bridge. What's interesting is structure in area of former Stirling's Wharf / Canal Wharf / Fitzgibbon's Landing / Steamboat Landing, where George Stirling had his Dominion Brewery, & where John Rochester Sr. may have (briefly) had his 1829 brewery.

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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 12d

Took me a sec - you're of course referring to the "50 mission cap"!

Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 12d

A classic (in my books), from 1944

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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 13d

New on my blog: Collection of vintage O'Keefe's beer ads, covering O'Keefe's #Ottawa era (i.e. when they had breweries here), from the 1940s to 1960s www.ashleynewall.ca/2025/10/okee...

O'Keefe's Beer Ads, 1940s-1960s (Ottawa Era)

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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 13d

Bravo! & "...other large projects in the works — rebuilding of massive Lady Grey escarpment retaining wall below Sussex, which could become a new access point to the river..." May explain why my blog post on such things getting hits lately (subsequently updated): www.ashleynewall.ca/2022/09/down...

Downtown Ottawa's Former "Queen's Wharf"

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Capital History Ottawa @caphistottawa.bsky.social · 13d

Bravo! & "...other large projects in the works — rebuilding of massive Lady Grey escarpment retaining wall below Sussex, which could become a new access point to the river..." May explain why my blog post on such things getting hits lately (subsequently updated): www.ashleynewall.ca/2022/09/down...

Downtown Ottawa's Former "Queen's Wharf"

www.ashleynewall.ca

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National Capital Commission @ncc-ccn.gc.ca · 14d

From swimming docks to new viewpoints, we are working to build an inspiring capital one project at a time.

Read the full article here: ottawacitizen.com/news/ncc-rep...