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Sudbury (4X) - Northern Ontario
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Tower Information (09-2005)
Location: Pearl Street
Signage: Sudbury
Built: between 1953 and 1956 by Horton Steel Works Limited, Fort Erie
Decommisioned: 1998
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Capacity: 1,000,000 liters
Photo credit: Murray Dewing
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Tower Information (10-2007)
Location: Beatty and Pine Streets
Signage: Sudbury
Built: mid 196s
Torn down November 2011 by Priestly Demolition of Aurora for $191,000 + right to sell metal for scrap
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Photo credit: Bobby Sinclair
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Standpipe Information
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Standpipe Information (09-2005)
Location: Falconbridge Road north of Auger Street
Signage: Sudbury
Built:
Decommisioned:
late 70s, early 80s
Height:
Capacity: 6,820,000 liters
Water source: 10" water main
Photo credit:
Murray Dewing ourmanitoulin.com |
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Area information. Sudbury's origins can be traced back to 1883 and the development of the transnational railway. Part of the westward expansion of the Canadian Pacific rail line, the area was intended only to serve as a temporary work camp for transient railway workers. The junction was named Sudbury by James Worthington, CPR superintendent of construction, after his wife's birthplace in England. The harsh conditions and inhospitable environment seemed hardly destined to evolve as a vibrant urban centre in a matter of decades. During construction of the railway in 1883, blasting and excavation revealed high concentrations of nickel-copper ore at Murray Mine on the edge of the Sudbury Basin.
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