This is What it is :) by MagikUnicorn
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Answer: The CP-Rockfield Bridge, Turntable train bridge (over the canal) :)
The sector extending from the Gauron and Lafleur bridges at LaSalle up to the entrance to the Lachine Canal is a peaceful area devoted to recreation and relaxation. You will be impressed by the CP-Rockfield Bridge.
Unusually high for a swing bridge, it was built for the Canadian Pacific in 1915 (No more in Use today)
Lachine Canal
The Lachine Canal was recognized as a Canadian National Historic Site because of its three major functions: waterway, provider of hydraulic power, and industrial aqueduct. These three characteristics enabled it to become Canada's major manufacturing center from the middle of the 19th century to the middle of the next century. The waterway and the energy it provided attracted the most important industries in Montreal and in Canada as it also facilitated interior navigation. The Lachine Canal industrial complex became an incredibly diversified "industrial park." Between 1846 and 1945, its shores were to host between 600 and 800 different companies, representing all 17 manufacturing groups of the 1948 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). These phenomena were closely intertwined and were interdependent. The object of this paper is to give a few examples of this interdependence and to show that interdependence went beyond simply companies producing for one another.
Thanks
Magik

Comments (58)
Réponse: Le pont tournant du canadien-pacifique (Rockfield C.P.Bridge) Des ponts Gauron et Lafleur à LaSalle jusqu'à l'entrée amont du canal à Lachine s'étend un secteur paisible voué à la récréation et à la détente. Votre regard sera attiré par le pont CP-Rockfield. D'une hauteur impressionnante pour un pont tournant, celui-ci a été construit pour le Canadien Pacifique en 1915. Aujourd'hui il est stable et fixe. Le canal de Lachine Le canal de Lachine a été reconnu d'importance historique nationale au Canada à cause de ses trois fonctions principales : voie d'eau, pourvoyeur d'énergie hydraulique et aqueduc industriel, trois caractéristiques qui l'ont propulsé au rang de principal centre industriel manufacturier du pays entre le milieu du 19e siècle et la deuxième guerre mondiale. La voie d'eau et l'énergie qu'elle générait ont, d'une part, attiré sur les rives du canal les plus importantes industries de Montréal et du Canada et, d'autre part, conduit à l'amélioration de la navigation intérieure. Le complexe industriel du canal de Lachine est devenu au fil des ans un «parc industriel» très diversifié puisque, entre 1846 et 1945, on recense entre 600 et 800 différentes entreprises qui représentent les 17 groupes de production de la Standard Industrial Classification. Ces phénomènes sont étroitement reliés et même interdépendants et cette interdépendance va au-delà du simple fait de produire l'un pour l'autre chez les manufacturiers. Merci Magik
Cool! I just didn't know where it was (we have one on the Columbia Slough on the Oregon side
Cool. ")
Awesome! : O
Cool, thanks for the info also.
I knew it was some thing like that...you can see its no longer in use, but does it still turn?,.. because it blocks the waterways or don't the ship use that water ways anymore... Nicely done and very informative...thanks..
very interesting!
Interesting. Can we get a full view of the set up to appreciate the parts of what we are seeing? Not quite the type I thought it would be.
for weesel >>> FULL BRIDGE VIEW
Coolies MU nice shot!!
~Very cool!!!!~
well taken photo
I was trying to think of the word turntable, but hit a blank spot.very interesting subject
Magik, il s'agit d'une merveilleuse photo. le pont est fantastique et très unique
Amazing shot Magik, gorgeous work, loved it very much!
Cool shot, Magik!!
Is that ICE? BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Great shot Magik. Looks very cold.
BUGGER !!!! DID ME MONEY ,,,,,,GOOD ONE MY FRIEND
Amazing!!
Cool!
Intéressante documentation sur ce pont et les canaux. Bonne image et le mystère est résolu!
Great, mystery solved!
Ha! Intéressant! Donc le pont tournait pour laisser passer les bateaux...
wow! amazing!
Un pont tournant, c'est spectaculaire !
very interesting! erland
ahh ok cool :)
Aha! The LaChine Canal and the railroad bridge there! Unfortunately I never got there when I lived in Montréal during the 1970s. Thanks for posting! Now I get to see the whole thing (I checked the link, too). Hope all is well in Montréal/Québec! Keep up the good work! :-)
Nice composition!! :)