ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[Canard]

Just discovered these this morning and couldn't stop grinning.  It's the little things that really make something special.

   

   

[KevinL]

Oh, that is brilliant.

[kwliving]

Disappointed those covers weren't made in Canada. 

The little logo on top reminded me of something purely Canadian though.

[Canard]

Well, maybe there isn't a Canadian manufacturer of custom manhole covers.

[KevinL]

This looks a bit more complex than a manhole cover - it's actually bolted down at four points and I think is a bit smaller. This particular item may be trickier than a Canadian foundry could produce (or Grandlinq couldn't find one that was cost-effective).

[Canard]

   

   

   

   
Northbound Track is now in place along the Spur!

   

[Canard]

From behind Albert McCormic Arena, and at Quiet Place, some more shots of the Northbound track:

   

   

   

   

[Canard]

Research & Technology:

   

   

   

Work along Caroline:

   

   

[Canard]

Caroline, continued:

   

   

   

   

And one final shot of Borden, almost completely rebuilt.

   

[MidTowner]

This looks a bit more complex than a manhole cover - it's actually bolted down at four points and I think is a bit smaller. This particular item may be trickier than a Canadian foundry could produce (or Grandlinq couldn't find one that was cost-effective).

Noooo. There are plenty of Canadian operations that can handle orders plenty more complicated than this. You may well be right about the "cost-effective" part, though. This East Jordan company apparently specializes in exactly this, so maybe not surprising that it could do it cheaper than a local alternative.

The U.S. is permitted to include "Made in America" provisions in infrastructure contracts, but unfortunately for us to do it would contravene NAFTA.

[Canard]

The Record's view: Out of a sad loss, new hopes rise at the former Schneiders factory in Kitchener

[MacBerry]

Just discovered these this morning and couldn't stop grinning.  It's the little things that really make something special.

Great future for ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit.  Your post on this find was number 2500 in this thread.  

[insider]

The Record's view: Out of a sad loss, new hopes rise at the former Schneiders factory in Kitchener

Sad loss? how can a slaughterhouse/meat processing plant be something desirable in the center of a community? These are/were exactly the types of jobs for low education levels that stop communities from evolving and growing in a positive and sustainable way. That said, I DO understand the historical value of this plant. There are still many cities with meat factories where land values and desirability are incredibly low simply because of the presence of such a pollutant, smelly, and overall negative land use.

[panamaniac]

The Record's view: Out of a sad loss, new hopes rise at the former Schneiders factory in Kitchener

Sad loss? how can a slaughterhouse/meat processing plant be something desirable in the center of a community? These are/were exactly the types of jobs for low education levels that stop communities from evolving and growing in a positive and sustainable way. That said, I DO understand the historical value of this plant. There are still many cities with meat factories where land values and desirability are incredibly low simply because of the presence of such a pollutant, smelly, and overall negative land use.

Just to say that your comment seems terribly dismissive of Schneiders and all the other local employers who provided, and continue to provide, livelihoods for our respectable working class and lower middle class.  These people have always been contributing members of our community and are respected for it.  I hope we never see Kitchener reduced to a city divided between elites and an underclass trapped in service McJobs.

[mpd618]

Sad loss? how can a slaughterhouse/meat processing plant be something desirable in the center of a community? These are/were exactly the types of jobs for low education levels that stop communities from evolving and growing in a positive and sustainable way.

I find that an odd way to characterize well-paying, stable manufacturing jobs.