Jim Terbenche Photographs

Jim Terbenche - Photographs of Port Hope Click an image to enlarge it. (Zoom in or out with your mouse wheel, click and drag to pan)
Removal of Peter Street bridge	CN train wreck, Hayward Street	CN train wreck, Hayward Street
Idalia. Sliding at the Golf Course	Sly's Bridge, Nelson Street	Razing the old Post Office
Bandshell, behind the Town Hall	New Peter Street bridge	Hector Street
CN Station	CN trainwreck, Hayward Street	CN trainwreck, Hayward Street
Library. First Alteration	Old washrooms. Queen Street	Washrooms at the Town Hall
Removal of Peter Street bridge	Phillips Road apartments	View from King Street
Top of Jacob's Ladder	St Mark's Church	Footbridge. War Memorial
Corbett's Pond

These singular photographs were taken in 1970 by Jim Terbenche who was born and grew up in Port Hope. He's a friend of the family, and a close friend of my brother Mark.
1970 was a disastrous year for heritage structures in Port Hope.

Sly's Bridge initially carried vehicular traffic over the CNR tracks. The original was replaced with a footbridge, 4 feet wide, the remains of which lie rotting away in the Town Works Yard. It was torn down in the 1980s.
The bridge was probably named for the Aaron Sly 1845-1906 who once lived on Peter Street.