Windsor’s waterfront rail lifts | CTV News [Video]

Many times a day, people walk, ride or bike by two rusted rail lifts in front of the Rotary Club of Windsor’s Centennial Plaza on Riverside Drive.

“There are some plaques down this waterway here but, yeah there’s, I don’t even know what that is,” said Tony Bellilssimo while enjoying the plaza in late October with his wife during a visit from Cambridge, Ont.

Did they consider the two lifts an eyesore infringing on their view of Detroit.

“It’s history but they should have a plaque,” suggested Marie Bellissimo.

No one CTV reached out to could verify the age of the lifts, but onlookers had some guesses.

“I would say late 1800s,” said Kelly Eitel. His wife Patti guessed the 20th century. “I would say 1902.”

Brad Stobbs remembers activity around the lifts, “I remember when they used to use them so I guess I may be sympathetic to why …