History of Welland - Summary of 3 Books written by W.H. Lewis
The City of Welland is located on the Welland Ship Canal, almost
midway between Lakes Ontario and Erie. It is served by the
Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo; Norfolk and Western; Canadian
National and Consolidated Rail Corporation Railroads. It also
has an excellent dockage facility of the Welland Canal. With
existing transportation facilities, together with availability
of electrical power, Welland is a manufacturing centre of note
with large iron and steel, textile, rubber and electrical
equipment industries. With miles of paved streets, fine business
section, parks and well-organized education facilities,
including the Niagara College of Applied Arts & Technology, its
advantages for the visitor are numerous and attractive. The City
of Welland is the outgrowth of a settlement which commenced
about the year 1788, when a scattering of farms between what we
now know as Quaker Road and South Pelham Street, along the
Welland River came to be. Near Welland'