Photos: Windsor's Lufkin Rule building being torn down

Photos: Windsor's Lufkin Rule building being torn down.

Published on: January 25, 2018 | Last Updated: January 25, 2018 6:48 PM EST

Demolition of the Lufkin Rule building on Caron Avenue was underway Jan. 25, 2018, after attempts by city heritage advocates to see it preserved failed. Dax Melmer / Windsor Star

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Demolition crews are busy tearing down Windsor’s historic Lufkin Rule building on Caron Avenue.

A week after the city’s heritage committee voted in December to delay its demolition, the 110-year-old industrial building was hit with an emergency demolition order due to what an engineering report described as its “risk of imminent collapse.” The city-owned structure is now being torn apart and carted off.

Last April 19, Windsor city councillor Chris Holt stood next to the Lufkin Rule building and spoke out against demolition of the 1904-built and city-owned structure which was on Windsor’s heritage registry. Jason Kryk / Windsor Star

 

The front of the Lufkin Rule building at 673 Caron Ave. is shown on Dec. 5, 2017. Dan Janisse / Windsor Star

 

 

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