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Location DB > Canada > Quebec > Lasalle > Lasalle Coke Crane
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Lasalle Coke Crane
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 Database Info
created by TaP on 5/14/2005 3:10 PM
last modified by Mr. Bitey on 3/8/2019 8:17 PM
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 Description
The LaSalle-Coke crane, built between 1914 and 1916 and located in the Borough of LaSalle in Montreal, is an offloading tower used by the gas manufacturing plant of the Montreal Light, Heat and Power Company. Nearly 50 metres in height, this massive structure is entirely made of steel fully assembled with rivets.

The canal opened in 1825 bringing industry into the region but with the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway shut down the canal. It closed in 1970. freom then the ore came by trucks from the port of montreal. In 1978, Parks Canada designated the Lachine Canal a National Historic Site and proceeded with the creation of a linear park along its banks.
 Basic Information
Type: Outdoors
Status: Being restored
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: check it out if you're nearby
 Physical Information
Address
6710-6610 Saint-Patrick St.
Lasalle, Quebec
Canada
Owner: Parks canada
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  •  Hazards
  • rust
  • unsafe flooring
  • water
  •  Interesting Features
    (edit nostrayouppi!) the lasalle coke site was split into 2 in the 80s, they moved the contents of the old lasalle municipal dump to the site (the cintec hill) and the gasification plant site is now the walmart canadian tire loblaws area, it is still highly contaminated and the site was only capped


    In the past, it was used for unloading coal ore arriving by boat to supply electricity for The lasalle coke plant which is now demolished. The crane will be restored and a lookout could be built on it, offering a spectacular view of the canal corridor.

     Security Measures
  • fences
  • locked gates
  •  Historical Dates
    Built: 1916
    Closed: 1967
     Required Equipment
  • binoculars
  • gloves
  • long pants / sleeves
  •  Recommended Equipment
    Camera
     History
    The crane and its various components were not only used to unload the coal that supplied the plant, but were used to raise coal to the level of an elevated railway line and also as a departure point of a conveyor for the transport of coal on the railway line to the plant. Functional until 1967, this crane is one of the last vestiges of the period of commercial shipping related to the industries of the Lachine Canal that ended in 1970 and is one of the only coal offloading cranes remaining in the world today.

    The factory transformed the coal ore into coke for the foundries.The ore was of four types which the Master of the foundry mixed to obtain pieces different size and consistency. Each type of ore was put in piles that two overhead travelling cranes collected with a big cup. This ore was conveyed by carriages to the conveyor. The ore passed on a second conveyor and mixed with the breeze, a product similar to sand. The mixture was accumulated in a tank where the workmen working with the blast furnaces periodically carried out the emptying and the filling of each section of the blast furnaces. The produced coke was cooled and stacked in piles for its forwarding.

    There was an administrative office, a workshop and regenerative gas chambers. The installations were old, not very powerful and they had a very bad mark for the pollution in montreal.

    (pep) LaSalle Coke had two large gas holders at the other end. (Newman Blvd, where Loblaw's is now) These were almost as high as the mountain at Newman Park next door. It took two men to operate the crane; one was in the middle part where the machinery was and the other at the top. This was tough in the winter because if it was -30 at the bottom it was -40 at the top.
     Media Coverage
    Many newspapers


     Future Plans
    The crane was disassembled in 2017, and is being restored off-site. The Lachine Canal Facebook page posted a link to track progress on 04jan18, but that link is now dead. The page it was linked to (Parks Canada), has a diferent page that talks about the restoration process that was updated on 08jan19, but it does not make mention of current status or a completion date. You can find both links posted below in the "Web Links" box.

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     Web Links
    https://www.pc.gc....lasalle-coke-crane

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    This location's validation is current. It was last validated by Emperor Wang on 3/9/2019 3:31 AM.

     Latest Changes
  • on Mar 9 19 at 3:31, Emperor Wang validated this location
  • on Mar 8 19 at 20:17, Mr. Bitey changed the following: Future Plans, Web Links
  • on Mar 8 19 at 20:10, Mr. Bitey changed the following: History, Description
  • on Mar 8 19 at 20:08, Mr. Bitey changed the following: Street Address, City, History, Year Built, Year Closed, Future Plans, Web Links
  • on Feb 12 12 at 17:25, Opheliaism validated this location
  • on Feb 12 12 at 2:37, BFDinze changed the following: Accessibility
  • on Feb 12 12 at 2:36, BFDinze updated gallery été 2008
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