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Grain Elevator No. 5

View looking north-east (1999)...
View looking north-east (1999)
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Detail of storage addition...
Detail of storage addition (c. 1965); from Sam Stein, Montreal Harbour Grain Elevators. Montreal: McGill University. School of Architecture, 1965. Unpublished Student Paper.
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Working house and gallery...
Working house and gallery to storage addition (c. 1965); from Sam Stein, Montreal Harbour Grain Elevators. Montreal: McGill University. School of Architecture, 1965. Unpublished Student Paper.
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View, looking north-west, of...
View, looking north-west, of elevator and travelling marine towers (r); from Sam Stein, Montreal Harbour Grain Elevators. Montreal: McGill University. School of Architecture, 1965. Unpublished Student Paper.
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Title:
Grain Elevator No. 5
Address:
Port de Montreal, face au bassin Windmill Pt.
Type of Building:
grain elevator
Architectural Firm or Partnership:
John Metcalf Co. Ltd. (Engineers)
Building Materials:
steel
Date Construction Began:
1906
Date Construction Completed:
1958
Date(s) of Alteration:
1913; 1924; 1958
Sources:
“Year in Architecture: answers to last week’s quiz.” . Montreal Gazette, 4 Jan. 1997: H4

Le silo nombre 5 du port de Montréal et son secteur: le passé, l’avenir. Montréal: l’association québécoise pour le patrimoine industriel; Héritage Montréal, 1998. .
Visuals: exterior photos, details, aerial views.

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

Boshra, Basem. “Old grain elevator music to their ears.” . Montreal Gazette, 24 Jul. 1999.
Visuals: exterior photo.

Castro, Ricardo L. “Grain Elevator No.5 deserves place in urban landscape: Significance of industrial landmarks little understood.” . Montreal Gazette, 28 Oct. 1995: H2
Visuals: exterior photo.

Charney, Melvin. “The Grain Elevators Revisited.” . Architectural Design 37:7, 1967: 328-331
Visuals: exterior photos.

Communauté Urbaine de Montréal. Architecture Industrielle Montreal. Montréal: Le Service, 1982. : 120-121
Visuals: exterior photo.

Hausmann, Dani. “Grain Elevators.” Montréal: McGill University. School of Architecture, 1970. .
Location: McGill University Library.
Visuals: exterior photos, interior photos.
Note: Unpublished student paper.

Montreal Harbour Commissioners. Facts of Interest in Relation to the Montreal Harbour. Montréal: Montréal Harbour Commissioners, 1932. : 46-47

Sicotte, Anne-Marie and Rene Theriault. The Lachine Canal Historical Guide. Montréal: Association Les Mil Lieues, 1987. : 13
Visuals: exterior photo.
Source
Preferred Citation:
"Grain Elevator No. 5", Industrial Architecture of Montreal, McGill Libraries
Reference Link:
https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/industrial/items/in072.html
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