1927 Trillium Railway/CN (#17) Bridge over Welland Canal near Dain City, ON

(Historic Bridges; Satellite)

The 1973 bypass canal abandoned this route through Welland.

Street View, May 2025

Street View, Jun 2014

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Welland Canal Bridge 17 - Dain City Railway Bridge (Welland, Ontario)

Historic Dain City Railway Bridge (Welland Canal Bridge 17) in Welland, Ontario, Canada. This section of the canal was bypassed by the Welland Canal Relocation Project (realignment around the city of Welland) in 1973.

The bridge is a Parker through truss vertical lift railroad bridge, although it no longer opens for water traffic. It was built ca. 1927 for the Canada Air-Line Railway (later the Canadian National Railway (CNR)) as part of the 4th Welland Canal expansion project (1913-1932). It is used today to serve local industries only.

Bill Martin posted
Bridge 17 Welland Canal

Jev's Photos commented on Bill's post

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"Dain City is a small suburb in southern Welland.  The area was named after the Marshall Dain Manufacturing Company (now John Deere) in the mid-1950s, the city's main employer at the time."
[This webpage has information on other bridges as well.]