JohnnyDos Posted February 8, 2011 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.31 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Posted February 8, 2011 How they launched the big ones in Collingwood Ont.. Collingwood was once known for it's shipbuilding. The Collingwood Shipyards built huge lakers and they were all launched sideways, usually about 12 o'clock noon. School children would get out of school early, walk with their teachers, down the main street of Collingwood to watch the latest ship being launched..an amazing sight. As you can imagine the set-up and launch was finely tuned and a dangerous thing to do. Many workers were injured or killed during this event. The shipyard closed many years ago and Collingwood's major place of employment disappeared forever. No More Collingwood Shipyard For 103 years, Collingwood built lake freighters, corvettes, minesweepers, barges, ferries, ice breakers – anything that could sail on the Great Lakes and beyond. A Boat at the End of the Main Street Until 1986, there was almost always a boat at the end of Hurontario Street. Today there’s an awkward gap. A thousand men worked at the shipyard when the town’s population was under ten thousand. The shipyard whistle blasted to end the work day; everyone in town could hear it. The men would come out all at once, like a team of tired hockey players leaving the ice. They’d get on their bicycles and ride home wearing hard hats and carrying steel lunch boxes.
Hunter1948 Posted February 8, 2011 Member ID: 1850 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 328 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8620 Content Per Day: 1.60 Reputation: 4222 Achievement Points: 55994 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 09/29/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 06/19/1948 Posted February 8, 2011 I have been to Collingwood real nice town. Awards
gamin-ol>XI< Posted February 8, 2011 Member ID: 304 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 63 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 379 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 09/30/1964 Posted February 8, 2011 Cool stuff. I lived in Barrie for 20 years! I don't miss the snow up there.
SGTDANKO Posted February 8, 2011 Member ID: 3214 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 27 Topic Count: 206 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2362 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 50 Achievement Points: 14004 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/21/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 4, 2015 Birthday: 06/23/1981 Posted February 8, 2011 nice
PHUCKITMAN Posted February 8, 2011 Member ID: 23 Group: ++ COD2 Admin Followers: 32 Topic Count: 193 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1850 Content Per Day: 0.32 Reputation: 1620 Achievement Points: 16402 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 8 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Sunday at 04:32 PM Birthday: 08/06/1960 Device: Windows Posted February 8, 2011 Awards
JohnnyDos Posted February 8, 2011 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.31 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Author Posted February 8, 2011 Too funny P-Man Good one.
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