{"id":8631,"date":"2021-04-28T21:01:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T01:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=8631"},"modified":"2021-04-28T21:18:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T01:18:17","slug":"episode-325-demolition-of-the-texaco-refinery-in-1985-now-called-brightwater-a-new-port-credit-community-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=8631","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 325 DEMOLITION OF THE TEXACO REFINERY IN 1985…NOW CALLED BRIGHTWATER …A NEW PORT CREDIT COMMUNITY 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
EPISODE 325     DEMOLITION OF THE TEXACO REFINERY\u2026 IN 2021 CALLED BRIGHTWATER, A NEW PORT CREDIT COMMUNITY<\/p>\n

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Picture of Port Credit Brick Yard in 1908<\/div>\n

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THE DEMOLITION DAY AT THE PORT CREDIT TEXACO REFINERY \u2014 YEAR 1985<\/div>\n

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1) Port Credit established 1834<\/div>\n
2) Brick Yard on site for 40 years from 1889 tp 1929<\/div>\n
(ceased making bricks in 1920,  land sat unused to 1929<\/div>\n
3) Lloyd Refinery 1932 to 1937<\/div>\n
4) Good Rich Refinery 1937 to 1946<\/div>\n
5) Regent  Refinery to 1959<\/div>\n
 6)   McColl Frontenac 1955<\/div>\n
7) Texaco Refinery to 1959<\/div>\n
8) Demolition  1985<\/div>\n
(Soil polluted – expensive to reclaim\u2026so  families of coyotes took residence)<\/div>\n
10) Vacant Land 1985 to 2021<\/div>\n
11) Brightwater Development 2021<\/div>\n

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ALAN SKEOCH<\/div>\n
DEMOLITION PHOTOS  1985<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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