Industrial Architecture Montreal 
 
 

 

IN037

  Crane Company Ltd.

2240-2250, rue Pitt;

Firm/Partnership: Brown & Vallance
Building Type: factory
Materials: brick, reinforced concrete
Completed: 1919
Alterations: 1920, 1929, 1930
Note: Alternate address: 3800 St.Patrick. The Crane Company's head office and showroom was located at 386 Beaver Hall Square.

 

Images:
View from rue St-Patrick (1999)
Ground floor plan; from Construction 13:2 (Feb. 1920) 46.
Exterior view of shop and office; from Construction 13:2 (Feb. 1920) 46.
Interior view of first-floor offices; from Construction 13:2 (Feb. 1920) 48.
Advertisement from 1928; from Journal (RAIC) 5:1 (1928) xxii.
Exterior view of original machine shop and offices (1999)
Detailed view of the exterior of the machine shop and office (1999)
View of factory complex; from Construction 13:2 (Feb. 1920) 46.
View, looking north-east; from Construction 13:2 (Feb. 1920) 47.
Interior view of the pipe bending department; from Construction 13:2 (Feb. 1920) 47.

Sources:

"Recent Concrete Buildings" . Construction 13:2, 1920: 46-48
Visuals: exterior photos, ground floor plan, interior photos of offices.

Archemi. Inventaire et évaluation des ressources culturelles Canal de Lachine. Montréal: Parcs Canada, 1995. : 281-84
Location: Centre de documentation. Parcs Canada- secteur de Lachine.
Visuals: exterior photo.

Faucher et al. Canal de Lachine et ses abords: Étude de zone prioritaire sur la mise en valeur du patrimoine. Montréal: Ville de Montréal, Service de l'habitation et du developpement urbain, 1991. .
Visuals: exterior photo.

 

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