Bala M4.43—Pottery Rd crossing

Crossing: Pottery Rd
Subdivision: Bala
Mileage: 4.43
Date Event
1927-10-26 Pottery Rd bridge over Don River collapses under weight of truck carrying bricks from Don Valley BrickThe Toronto Daily Star, Thursday, October 27, 1927, pg. 26, col. 4.
1928-06c Construction of new Pottery Rd concrete bridge over Don River startsThe Toronto Daily Star, Wednesday, May 30, 1928, pg. 27, col. 5.
1928-09-07 New Pottery Rd concrete bridge over Don River opensThe Toronto Daily Star, Wednesday, May 30, 1928, pg. 27, col. 5.
1951-10-22 Township of East York authorized to relocate Pottery Rd crossing of C.N.Rys.B.T.C. Order 77601.
1958-03-28 Township of East York authorized to relocate Pottery Rd crossing of C.N.Rys.B.T.C. Order 93983.
1960-04-05 C.N.Rys. required to install automatic protection at Pottery Rd crossingB.T.C. Order 100897.
Date Image Notes
1928-09-08
Toronto Reference Library, Toronto Star Photo Archive, Acc. No. tspa_0109628f
Reeve R. M. Leslie and East York council members (some atop the steamroller used in the formal opening festivities) pose on the new Pottery Rd concrete through arch bridge.
1953-12
James Victor Salmon photograph, Toronto Reference Library, Baldwin Collection, Acc. No. S 1-920A
Pottery Rd concrete through arch bridge over the Don River looking east; the Pottery Rd crossing of the Bala Subdivision is to the left. Note the crossbucks at the east end of the bridge.
1955-05-06
James Victor Salmon photograph, Toronto Reference Library, Baldwin Collection, Acc. No. T 34015
Pottery Rd concrete through arch bridge over the Don River looking east. Note the crossbucks at the east end of the bridge.