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Originally Posted by hagbard
I live not far from Amherstburg. It strikes me as the town that zoning forgot. Industry is mixed right in with residential neighbourhoods, which is why we chose not to locate there. But there are some really nice old buildings, like you show here.
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Three things conspired over time to create that mix.
First the channel at Amherstburg was the only one navigable in the lower Detroit River. Thus the fort and the docks and yards.
Secondly the underlying limestone here nearly reaches the surface, thus the easy quarrying and development of the chemical industry right on top of the town.
Thirdly a rail spur was run from the Michigan Central line at Essex to the riverfront next to Brunner Mond Chemical. It serviced the plant and a rail ferry to another rail spur extending east from Grosse Isle. The ferry was abandoned by the time the Livingstone Channel was blasted out of the bedrock to enlarge the St Lawrence Seaway.
Approx railroad crossing on map. Another spur went near the Calvert plant seen slightly south.
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