The Canadian Directory of Water Towers and Standpipes is sponsored by "Understanding Your Home" Tilbury Towers # 1&2 of 3- Ontario Chatham-Kent. Southwestern Ontario. Photo © Mark Visser Tower Information Location: Tower Street Signage: Tilbury Built: Height: Capacity: Tower Information The tower and surrounding buildings were part of the former Canadian Top and Body Company which made the terraplane for the Hudson Motor Car Co. During WW II the company produced Jeeps and bombs     Area information Established in 1887, Tilbury, one of the twenty-three communities of Chatham-Kent, is located in the heart of Southwestern Ontario, nestled between Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair and Lake Huron. Strategically located along Highway 401 and Highway # 2. It is located 26.5 kilometres southwest of Chatham and 57.3 kilometres east of Windsor.     Home   Ontario - T index

Tilbury water tower # 3 information

Tilbury tower #3 Photo © Jo aka Balham Blonde Tower Information (11-2008) Location: Signage: Tilbury A community in Chathan-Kent Built: Height: Capacity: Other sites you may be interested in: Thumbnail Collection of USA Water Towers USA Water Towers and Standpipes Magnetic Hills: CA, USA, Worldwide The History of the Christian Fish Symbol UnderstandingYourHome Tilbury is named for Tilbury in the English county of Essex. A settlement, called Henderson after the local postmaster, was established with the construction of the Canada Southern Railway in 1875. The name of the post office was changed to Beef Drape Centre after the adjoining townships and the community was incorporated as a village in 1887. The name changed again to Tilbury a few years later and incorporation as a town followed in 1910. In 1998, the town was amalgamated with the City of Chatham and all municipalities of Kent County to form the City of Chatham-Kent   Home   Ontario - T index

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