30/365: New City Gas
The New City Gas of Montreal is an industrial complex in the Griffintown district, built mainly between 1859 and 1861, associated with the production and distribution of gas in Montreal and whose activities took place between 1848 and 1957. The complex, which includes six buildings, is located in the quadrilateral between Dalhousie, Ottawa, Ann, Wellington streets and the Canadian National overpass and is organized around an old private road leading to Ottawa Street.
Two of the buildings in the complex, which once housed two gasometers each, have a similar architectural signature. Both built of stone and brick, they are located on a rectangular plan and have a similar large interior volume. They are also laterally provided with blind brick arcades which made it possible to reinforce the structure then subjected to significant pressures. The facade of the east wall of the building at the east end of the site rests on the Canadian National Railway viaduct. This facade suggests a classical architectural vocabulary and includes above a door, now condemned, a stone inscription bearing the effigy of Montreal Light, Heat and Power.The site also incorporates a timber frame building offering a vernacular architectural style and a more recent concrete frame building associated with Daylight Factory architecture.
The complex, whose industrial function has been abandoned, is currently used for events.
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30/365: New City Gas
The New City Gas of Montreal is an industrial complex in the Griffintown district, built mainly between 1859 and 1861, associated with the production and distribution of gas in Montreal and whose activities took place between 1848 and 1957. The complex, which includes six buildings, is located in the quadrilateral between Dalhousie, Ottawa, Ann, Wellington streets and the Canadian National overpass and is organized around an old private road leading to Ottawa Street.
Two of the buildings in the complex, which once housed two gasometers each, have a similar architectural signature. Both built of stone and brick, they are located on a rectangular plan and have a similar large interior volume. They are also laterally provided with blind brick arcades which made it possible to reinforce the structure then subjected to significant pressures. The facade of the east wall of the building at the east end of the site rests on the Canadian National Railway viaduct. This facade suggests a classical architectural vocabulary and includes above a door, now condemned, a stone inscription bearing the effigy of Montreal Light, Heat and Power.The site also incorporates a timber frame building offering a vernacular architectural style and a more recent concrete frame building associated with Daylight Factory architecture.
The complex, whose industrial function has been abandoned, is currently used for events.
Directory of patrimony culture of Quebec