Photo Gallery: Ambassador Bridge Construction 1927

**babeeblumer** · March-10-10, 08:03 PM

Great pics.

Quite the "Ambassador" Manny/Matty has been. This article leaves me all the more intrigued with his motives and actions:
http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache...&ct=clnk&gl=us

**eriedearie** · March-11-10, 08:54 AM

Found this video! Watch Part 1, then there are several more parts to click on. I believe the music that's playing with each video just may be the "music of the day."

I've not researched her yet - but one of the videos shows a Helen Austin walking across the temporary foot bridge that spanned the Detroit River. And you can clearly see she is without a safety harness!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clcQk76-N2k

The Dude · March-12-10, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by eriedearie

Found this video! Watch Part 1, then there are several more parts to click on. I believe the music that's playing with each video just may be the "music of the day."

I've not researched her yet - but one of the videos shows a Helen Austin walking across the temporary foot bridge that spanned the Detroit River. And you can clearly see she is without a safety harness!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clcQk76-N2k

Part 6 didn't make any sense to me. What does farming and playing golf have to do with a bridge? What do people gathering outside a house have to do with a bridge? You can tell Canada did not have Prohibition when they show people ouside of Robinet's Wine CELLARS.

Also, you'll notice that there were no hard hats in those days.

**eriedearie** · March-12-10, 10:44 PM

Dude - you're right - there were no hard hats back then!

About the Part 6 video, at the end it is explained. No one knows what that is all about - apparently the movie was found along with the Ambassador Bridge stuff. So they just included it right along with all of them. I was confused, wondering to myself - WHAT THE HECK does golf have to do with building a bridge! ... That's my understanding anyway.