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Originally Posted by Portmanteau
Cross-post from Exchange District thread:
Had a chance to go on a tour of the Pump House last night (organized by Residents of Exchange District) and see some additional sketches and a model of the project.
View looking North
View looking South
Couple of relics inside. Tons of photos available of the machinery, so I've chosen to share with you shots of pickle jars and spare parts
Also - if you ever have the chance to follow 1ajs around a heritage building for 30 minutes... I highly recommend you do so. The guy has a staggering knowledge of these buildings. |
read the freepress archives some really cool bits burried in there
like for instance the fights that went on for 20 yrs at city councle over building this thing and ashdown going in the meadia and slamming the city for not building it causing his store to burn down yet again... he ran for mayor it got built at a shared cost to all the buisnes's along the lines they built. feeding out from it.
did u get a photo of the map?
also garbage disposal was another huge bickering of stupidity in the history of winnipeg and outside cities.... went on for almost 60 yrs........