IN090 |
| Simmons Ltd./ Complexe du Canal |
4710, rue St-Ambroise;
| Architect: |
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(unknown)
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| Building Type: |
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factory |
| Materials: |
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brick, concrete |
| Begun: |
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1906 |
| Completed: |
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c.1919 |
| Alterations: |
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1930?, 1946, c. 1960 |
| Alteration Architect: |
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Ross & Macdonald (1946) |
| Note: |
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Building has been renovated for lofts, studios, ateliers. |
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| View, looking south-west, of old factory (1999) |
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| View looking south (1999) |
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| Looking south along rue St-Ambroise (1999) |
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| Rear of factory as seen from across the Lachine Canal, looking west (1999) |
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Archemi. Inventaire et évaluation des ressources culturelles Canal de Lachine. Montréal: Parcs Canada, 1995. : 277-80
Location: Centre de documentation. Parcs Canada- secteur de Lachine.
Visuals: exterior photo.
Rose, David. Guide du fonds Ross & Macdonald/ Guide and Inventory to the Ross & Macdonald Archive. Montréal: Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1991. : 180, 254, 246, 173
Note: Description of plans and drawings for factory additions for Simmons Ltd. Includes drawings and photograph for an executed, 4 level, steel framed concrete and brick factory addition in 1946.
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