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jerm IX
    
location:
Somewhere, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
If you can't find something nice to say...say it on UER.
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< on 7/6/2011 11:51 PM >
|  | | | Bonjour, j'mapelle jerm IX. J'excuse, parle francais un petit peu.
That's the only sentence i know, I hope i said it right!
Pardon my uni-linguality, been thinking i might just study up soon, considering how much time i've been spending in Montreal of late. Timmy's in Anjou is not always easy for an Anglophone.
i'm sure this spot is old hat by now to locals but i just loved all of these old gutted and bombed spots we found. I fucking love Montreal.
Sifto Art Gallery by jerm IX, on Flickr
The Sifto salt warehousing and baggage facility in Montreal was shut down by its parent company, IMC Global Inc. in November 1998. Rising costs, seasonal production, and years of unprofitable performance at the site were cited as key factors. The plant packaged edible salts, as well as road salts for both industry and individual consumers. 20 full-time and 20 part-time jobs were lost in the closure.
From what I've gathered online, after being explored and documented, the majority of the plant was destroyed in 2007.
The concrete shell of the main building is still standing to this day. The front offices and what was likely the salt bagging production and shipping area are all that remain, stripped to the bare grey concrete, and speckled with colourful graffiti. There are no signs left indicating that this was once a massive Sifto salt complex. No bags or boxes, nothing. I likely wouldn't have known where i was if not for a single picture that my brother Shwa picked up and passed to me.
27/06/96 by jerm IX, on Flickr
SORTIE by jerm IX, on Flickr
track marks by jerm IX, on Flickr
green machine by jerm IX, on Flickr
OTEK by jerm IX, on Flickr
otek by jerm IX, on Flickr
Rens by jerm IX, on Flickr
J'VAIS TE DEFONCER by jerm IX, on Flickr
deep puddle dynamics by jerm IX, on Flickr
salt on everything by jerm IX, on Flickr
pass the salt please by jerm IX, on Flickr
lightline by jerm IX, on Flickr
not a big fan by jerm IX, on Flickr
Shipping & Receiving by jerm IX, on Flickr
the economic ladder by jerm IX, on Flickr
the social ladder by jerm IX, on Flickr
Sifto by jerm IX, on Flickr
Sifto Salt by jerm IX, on Flickr
Montreal is becoming a second home to us, with my brother Shwa living in Anjou, and this is just the beginning of our adventures here. Stay tuned.
Check out more of my explorations here...
http://myabandonmentissues.blogspot.com/
Au revoir mon amie.
[last edit 7/7/2011 3:05 PM by jerm IX - edited 1 times]
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Ratsters
location:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Sifto Salt
<Reply # 1 on 7/7/2011 11:28 AM >
| | | | I've check your other exploration, you've been around; and welcome to the group.
Cheers,
"Never, never, never give up!" Winston Churchill |
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mewthree
  
location:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Sifto Sel
<Reply # 2 on 7/7/2011 9:00 PM >
| | | | hey nice post! being a fellow east-ender anglophone... I can for sure suggest learning at least the basics in french... stay up!
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cjb
 
location:
Sept-îles/Saint-John's/Corner Brooks/Montréal/Sydney
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Sifto Sel
<Reply # 4 on 7/15/2011 7:31 PM >
| | | | Are these pictures recent ?
I was under the impression the whole plant had been demolished some time ago.
So what we see on the pictures is still standing ?
http://www.magazin...dossiers/index.htm |
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jerm IX
location:
Somewhere, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
If you can't find something nice to say...say it on UER.
| | | Re: Sifto Sel
<Reply # 5 on 8/5/2011 3:34 PM >
| | | | Posted by cjb
Are these pictures recent ?
I was under the impression the whole plant had been demolished some time ago.
So what we see on the pictures is still standing ?
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yep, these shots were taken about a week before this post went up.
http://myabandonmentissues.blogspot.ca/ |
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