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The Motherhouse
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created by nootz
on 5/5/2009 9:46 PM
last modified by tribeachpunk
on 5/18/2010 12:16 AM
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Publically Viewable |
This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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The building covers a ground area of two and one-third acres. At the time of its construction, it was built on one of the largest foundations in Canada. The building contains 1.7 miles of corridor. Built into the slope, the building is four stories at the front, two at the back. -Credit to BeaverBanker for finding it-
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Type: Building
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: Forget it, it's gone
Recommendation: drop everything - must see
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asbestos flooding air quality debris
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The sheer size of the building.
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fences locked gates wooden boarding
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flashlight breathing mask gloves head protection long pants / sleeves
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the sod-turning for the current Motherhouse was on May 8, 1956 the cornerstone was laid by Most Reverend J. Gerald Berry, then Archbishop of Halifax, on December 8, 1957. the official opening was in October 1959 Mount Saint Vincent Motherhouse is a 350,000 square foot building the building covers a ground area of two and one-third acres; at the time of its construction, it was built on one of the largest foundations in Canada the building contains 1.7 miles of corridor the road around the Motherhouse measures 2,800 feet (more than half a mile) built into the slope, the building is four stories at the front, two at the back 400,000 bricks were used on the courtyard walls; all exterior walls were finished with Indiana limestone there are 2,000 windows in the building at the time of construction, 7,000 light fixtures and 12,000 electrical outlets were installed 750 feet of 10 inch water main was laid from Sherbrooke Dr. there were 1800 feet of concrete heating tunnels the building was designed with 3 pharmacies 700 tons of reinforcing steel was used There were 1120 interior doors (credit for information taken from the Sisters of Charity homepage at http://www.schalifax.ca)
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To be demolished, and rebuilt as a new Motherhouse building.
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
tribeachpunk on 5/18/2010 12:17 AM.
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on May 18 10 at 0:17, tribeachpunk validated this location on May 18 10 at 0:16, tribeachpunk changed the following: Web Links on Nov 19 09 at 2:28, Steed validated this location on Nov 19 09 at 1:16, darbycrashin changed the following: History on Oct 27 09 at 2:40, Opheliaism validated this location on Oct 27 09 at 2:04, nootz changed the following: Status, Accessibility on May 7 09 at 3:01, Steed validated this location on May 6 09 at 21:38, nootz changed the following: Description on May 6 09 at 0:28, tribeachpunk validated this location on May 5 09 at 23:04, nootz made this location available
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