The Inlets
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![A man and two children, north end of Manchester Street with Gasometer in back ground.](https://hamiltoncivicmuseums.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Manchester_street_yard_and_gasometer.jpg)
![A man and two children by the north end inlets in summer 1930 .](https://hamiltoncivicmuseums.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Manchester_street_inlets_in_summer.jpg)
![Kids on toboggans near the frozen Manchester Street inlet in winter 1930.](https://hamiltoncivicmuseums.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Manchester_street_inlets_in_winter.jpg)
![A man, child, and car in front of 100 Manchester Street 1930.](https://hamiltoncivicmuseums.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Manchester_street_front_yard.jpg)
![Man with miniature boat at the Lottridge Inlet.](https://hamiltoncivicmuseums.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/back_of_birmingham_street.jpg)
People and the Inlets
Brightside lay between two of the many Inlets (Lottridge and Stipes) that once flowed into Hamilton Harbour. There people in the neighbourhood fished, played, sailed, and rafted even as they witnessed industry transform the land’s natural wonders.
Listen: Making Rafts. Click the play circle below.
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![An annotated photo of the waterfront and inlets looking west.](https://hamiltoncivicmuseums.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Huckleberry_point_annotated.jpg)
![1919 aerial photo looking east.](https://hamiltoncivicmuseums.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/aerial_view_brightside.jpg)
![Stelco Flashes February 1964 publication with two bulldozers pushing rubble during expansion.](https://hamiltoncivicmuseums.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Expansion_forges_ahead_at_various_plants.jpg)
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![A truck carrying slag through the neighbourhood headed to infill sites.](https://hamiltoncivicmuseums.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/truck_carrying_slag.jpg)
Industry and the Inlets
Brightside lay between two of the many inlets (Lottridge and Stipes) that once flowed into Hamilton Harbour. Over the course of the twentieth century, Stelco and the City of Hamilton filled in the inlets for industrial expansion. Brightside itself ultimately became a casualty of these same encroachments.
Listen: Slag Trucks On Neighbouring Streets. Click the play circle below.