Photographers Clara Gutsche and David Miller offer their vision of the industrial landscape and architecture surrounding the urban historical site of Lachine Canal in Montréal. The Canal, which is over one hundred years old, suffered a long period of neglect after having played a key role in the development of Canadian industry. Fifteen years after the waterway closed,(...)
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15 July 1992 to 22 November 1992
An Industrial Landscape Observed: The Lachine Canal
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Photographers Clara Gutsche and David Miller offer their vision of the industrial landscape and architecture surrounding the urban historical site of Lachine Canal in Montréal. The Canal, which is over one hundred years old, suffered a long period of neglect after having played a key role in the development of Canadian industry. Fifteen years after the waterway closed,(...)
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Observing the Lachine Canal
Nature reorganized
PH2003:0002
architecture
1977
architecture
PH1990:0314:007
architecture
ca. 1931
View of the principal and lateral façades of George Esplin School, Lachine, Québec
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PH1990:0314:007
architecture
PH1990:0314:001
architecture
ca. 1931
architecture
PH1990:0314:001-055
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- Album PH1990:0314:001-055 comprises 55 photographs by S.J. Hayward. There are 32 exterior views and 23 interior views of 32 buildings. The B. B. Electric Co. Ltd. was involved in the construction and/or installation of the electrical systems of these buildings (Harris, n.p.). Most of the interior views show electrical systems installed in various buildings. There is one photograph of a model for the main pavilion of Université de Montréal. Twenty-six of the buildings are located in Montréal, two in Lachine, two in Outremont, one in Saint Laurent and one in Westmount. Buildings in Montréal include eight educational buildings, four warehouses or workshops, three service stations and one garage, three hospitals, three office buildings, two churches, two apartment buildings, and one distillery. Buildings in Lachine include one school and one convent school. Buildings in Outremont include a theatre and a post office. The building in Saint-Laurent is a seminary. The building in Westmount is an appartment building.
architecture, interior design, engineering
ca. 1931
Album of exterior views of buildings, interior views of electrical systems, and one photograph of a model compiled by the B. B. Electric Co. Ltd., Montréal, Outremont, Lachine, Saint-Laurent and Westmount, Québec
PH1990:0314:001-055
Description:
- Album PH1990:0314:001-055 comprises 55 photographs by S.J. Hayward. There are 32 exterior views and 23 interior views of 32 buildings. The B. B. Electric Co. Ltd. was involved in the construction and/or installation of the electrical systems of these buildings (Harris, n.p.). Most of the interior views show electrical systems installed in various buildings. There is one photograph of a model for the main pavilion of Université de Montréal. Twenty-six of the buildings are located in Montréal, two in Lachine, two in Outremont, one in Saint Laurent and one in Westmount. Buildings in Montréal include eight educational buildings, four warehouses or workshops, three service stations and one garage, three hospitals, three office buildings, two churches, two apartment buildings, and one distillery. Buildings in Lachine include one school and one convent school. Buildings in Outremont include a theatre and a post office. The building in Saint-Laurent is a seminary. The building in Westmount is an appartment building.
architecture, interior design, engineering
PH1986:1433
June 1985
PH1986:1434
June 1985
PH1980:1277
topographic
1860-1900
topographic
PH1992:0007
1990