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Location DB > Canada > Nova Scotia > Halifax > Dingle Tower
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Dingle Tower
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 Database Info
created by hunter36 on 8/31/2008 2:49 AM
last modified by tribeachpunk on 5/18/2010 12:20 AM
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 Overview
 Description
A large, stone tower on a hill in a park next to the water.
 Basic Information
Type: Building
Status: Active
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: check it out if you're nearby
 Physical Information
Address
260 Dingle Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
Owner: Halifax Regional Municpality
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  •  Hazards
     Interesting Features
    Two large bronze lions.
     Security Measures
  • part-time guard
  • locked gates
  •  Historical Dates
    Built: 1912
    Closed: 0
     Required Equipment
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     History
    Sir Sandford Fleming established a summer retreat on the property fronting the Northwest Arm, part of Halifax Harbour, during the 1880s after finishing construction of the Intercolonial Railway. He called it the "Dingle".

    In 1908, Sir Sanford Fleming donated the property to the citizens of Halifax for use as a park and proposed the construction of a tower within the "Dingle" to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the establishment of representative government in Nova Scotia; the province having been the first colony in the British Empire outside the United Kingdom to have such a form of government.

    An ardent imperialist, Fleming also intended the proposed tower to serve as a memorial to the development of parliamentary institutions in the British Empire, now the Commonwealth. The plan was accepted by the City of Halifax and the local Canadian Club undertook a fundraising drive to raise money for construction. Donations were received from throughout the British Empire and plaques commemorating the contributions, as well as stones from all of the countries of the Empire were placed on the interior walls.

    The ten-storey stone "Dingle Tower" was formally dedicated in an impressive ceremony in August 1912 by Canada's Governor General the Duke of Connaught who was Queen Victoria's son Prince Arthur. The presence of members of the Royal Family and dignitaries from other parts of the Empire emphasized the importance of the occasion.

    Two large bronze lions at the foot of the tower were donated by the Royal Colonial Institute of London in 1913. They were designed by British sculptor, Albert Bruce-Joy and are similar to Sir Edwin Landseer's lions at Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.
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    Sun, Aug 31st, 2008
    posted by hunter36
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  • Halifax Regional Municipality: Dingle Tower
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    This location's validation is current. It was last validated by tribeachpunk on 5/18/2010 12:20 AM.

     Latest Changes
  • on May 18 10 at 0:20, tribeachpunk validated this location
  • on May 18 10 at 0:20, tribeachpunk changed the following: Web Links
  • on Sep 9 08 at 2:16, tribeachpunk validated this location
  • on Sep 7 08 at 0:46, hunter36 updated the main picture
  • on Sep 7 08 at 0:45, hunter36 updated the main picture
  • on Sep 2 08 at 22:11, tribeachpunk validated this location
  • on Sep 2 08 at 22:11, tribeachpunk made this location public
  • on Sep 2 08 at 22:11, tribeachpunk changed the following: Display Name, Owner, Street Address, Hazards, Recommendation, Security Measures, Required Equipment, Recommended Equipment, Web Links
  • on Sep 1 08 at 1:25, Steed validated this location
  • on Aug 31 08 at 20:45, Blackbird changed the following: Year Built, Hazards, Interesting Features, Description
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