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Originally Posted by Empire
This is as close as we've come to a Quebec City style renovation. Well worth the investment!
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Yup. And with money from the feds (due to being a DND asset and a national treasure).
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Historian Allen B. Robertson says the armoury is "the last of its kind in Canada and not just a building sitting there, it actually still maintains a function, it is still in use."
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I'm impressed that they are being careful on details (and proof that it can be done if the will - and budget - is there):
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Finding the same Nova Scotia sandstone used during construction between 1895 and 1899 was one of the first hurdles.
The original quarry near Pugwash on the Northumberland Strait is long gone.
A replacement quarry nearby proved unsuitable. That forced supplier Atlantic Sandstone to find sandstone within the same geological seam six kilometres from the first site, buy the property and open another quarry.
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