{"id":2141,"date":"2009-02-23T05:09:44","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T10:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2009\/02\/23\/photo-du-jour-station-de-pompage-craig\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:33:15","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:33:15","slug":"photo-du-jour-station-de-pompage-craig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/02\/23\/photo-du-jour-station-de-pompage-craig\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo du Jour &#8211; Station de Pompage Craig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/alanahmontreal\/3301270486\/\" title=\"Station de Pompage Craig by alanah.montreal, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3440\/3301270486_5e784e9b8f.jpg\" alt=\"Station de Pompage Craig\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn april 1886, the water level of the Saint-Lawrence river rose so high that the city was flooded all the way up to Square Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>The next year, the city built two pumping stations: The <em>station de Pompage Craig<\/em> (originally on rue Craig now located on Notre Dame Est, and the corner of De Lorimier) and the Riverside station, just east of the Boneventure.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bape.gouv.qc.ca\/sections\/archives\/notredame\/docdeposes\/memoires\/DM12.pdf\">2002 report<\/a> (pdf) by an industrial heritage group, this structure still contains the 4 centrifugal pumps and 4 steam engines that were used to prevent flooding. The pumps were employed almost every winter between 1887 and 1950 to prevent springtime flooding. The operation consumed 300 tonnes of coal each year and the city had to rent land from the adjacent Molson Brewery and Canadian Pacific lands to store it.<\/p>\n<p>The water level of the Saint-Lawrence stabilized after it was canalized in the 1950s and ice-breakers were employed to keep it navigable year-round, and the city abandoned the pumping station altogether in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo taken Feb 21st 2009.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In april 1886, the water level of the Saint-Lawrence river rose so high that the city was flooded all the way up to Square Victoria. 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