Montage du jour : L’hospice Auclair

4 comments

1. Thank You once again Mr. St-Jean for another historic photograph and it’s modern-day counterpart.

   In the old photo, in the top right-hand corner is an example of an Arc streetlamp of the type that, as wired in Series lamp-to-lamp, could operate on potentials of up to 4000 Volts, resulting in injury and death to those linesmen and power company workers who worked on lines fouled and crossed with Arc circuits.

   As some Arc circuits were for lamps indoors in large industrial plants, they could be energized round the clock.

   In 1885, a Western Union Linesman, John H. Feeks, was slowly electrocuted high above the streets of New York City whilst working on a Telegraph Circuit which had crossed with an Arc Lighting circuit.

2. I just wanted to say thank you for all these photos – they’ve entertained and enlighted me over the series. I look forward to more in the future.

   Thank you.

3. Il y avait un article dans La Presse sur Monique Giroux, animatrice à Radio-Canada, qui habite un condo dans cet édifice – son voisin de dessus est l’auteur Michel Tremblay. Je comprends leur choix ; si j’avais les moyens j’aimerais bien y vivre. Dans la photo on voit Monique Giroux sur son balcon, et la vue à partir de l’édifice, autrefois l’hospice Auclair. http://tinyurl.com/Monique-Giroux-sur-Rachel

   Merci encore une fois, Guillaume!

4. Merci, Guillaume, pour cette belle série de photos juxtaposées, de la part d’un Montréalais vivant à l’étranger. Je souhaite vivement que quelqu’un prenne la relève….