It has been said that Toronto was built on Dundas Shale. A careful look at the foundations of buildings erected in Toronto (and in Port Credit) prior to 1910 often reveals stone foundations. In an age before the ready availability of concrete, a constant supply of building stone was essential. Beginning in the 1840s and lasting until just after the First World War, the Lake Ontario waterfront between the Credit River and Burlington Bay was busy with those engaged in mining the shallow waters for shale and loading the...
It has been said that Toronto was built on Dundas Shale. A careful look at the foundations of buildings erected in Toronto (and in Port Credit) prior to 1910 often reveals stone foundations. In an age before the ready availability of concrete, a constant supply of building stone was essential. Beginning in the 1840s and lasting until just after the First World War, the Lake Ontario waterfront between the Credit River and Burlington Bay was busy with those engaged in mining the shallow waters for shale and loading the stone onto small sail-driven vessels known as stonehookers.
This week on Sauga 50-for-50, we feature the story of how the Stonehookers turned Port Credit from what had seemed like a steadily declining village into a booming economy in the mid-1800s. This podcast is narrated by Ross Noel, Richard Collins, Justine Lyn, and Matthew Wilkinson, with recordings by the late Lorne Joyce and music by the late Leonard Walsh.
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Music:
Dundas Shale by Leonard Walsh (1956 - 2013)
Cojonudo by Esteban Maxera Cuarteto
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