Inner Harbour Photographs by Scott Haskill, 1986-87

Scott Haskill studied at Queen's University, taking more photos of the Inner Harbour than I did! Scott shared his photos of the arrival in Kingston of Royal Train in 1984, and subsequently sent me his fine photos along the Hanley Spur. This one really caught my eye and led to the modelling of the Whig-Standard warehouse in the previous post. The 'front yard', later a parking lot at the Woolen Mill at right was a fenced scrap yard at this time. A cropped view:

Scott took these photos on April 23, 1986. I was interested to see the CN rails still burnished bright and obviously in use to spot at least one car of newsprint for the Whig! CP at the right? Not so much.

I wonder if these tanks were from the former Shell Oil facility. Scott noted that these tanks were right at the water's edge, near where CP's North Street roundhouse had been. The Imperial Oil limestone warehouse (below). Interestingly, the fenced tank car unloading compound is still there. The stopblock indicates the end of CN's Hanley Spur, here since at least 1980.

Looking the other way,  Canadian Dredge & Dock buildings used to be skirted by the CP track. The OHIP rises like the Hanley Spur-killer colossus that it was!

Looking down North Street from Rideau Street. The fence surrounds Anglin's, pointing the way to CD&D: 

Inside the Anglin compound, with one of their red-and-yellow fuel trucks and fuel stand:

Looking down the garden path at 97 Rideau Street, with CD&D in the distance. Townhouses line Rideau Street here now.

Scott's photos taken September 19, 1986. A view inside the CD&D compound:

Looking back north along the former CP:

Fence around Anglin's yard:

Hallowe'en! October 31, 1986. Ghosts of the Inner Harbour?

The Imperial Oil warehouse is still here - CN tracks are not.

One more photo, taken along the former CN Kingston Sub alignment just east of the Outer Station, taken by Scott on April 19, 1987. The remnants of the Hanley Spur connection and Elliott Avenue crossing visible in the distance. This old speeder shed was often photographed, a former sentinel of the mainline.

Many thanks to Scott Haskill for sharing his photographs for this post.