{"id":23759,"date":"2013-11-06T10:42:01","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T15:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?p=23759"},"modified":"2013-11-06T10:42:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T15:42:01","slug":"photo-du-jour-john-young-monument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2013\/11\/06\/photo-du-jour-john-young-monument\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo du jour: John Young Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Location: Corner of rue Saint Pierre \/ rue Marguerite d&#8217;Youville<\/p>\n<p>Date of photo:\u00a0November 5 2013<\/p>\n<p>Photographer:\u00a0Martin New at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/montrealinpictures.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal in Pictures<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0John Young\u00a0Monument that was sculpted in 1895 by Louis-Philippe H\u00e9bert. Young (1811-1878) was born in Scotland and moved to Canada when he was 15.<\/p>\n<p>Young became a successful businessman as the co-partner of an import\/export and steamboat company and was a key driving force behind developing Montreal\u2019s sea and rail transportation, including;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The deepening of the shipping channel in the\u00a0St. Lawrence\u00a0river east of Montreal<\/li>\n<li>The construction of the\u00a0Victoria Bridge<\/li>\n<li>The development of canal systems<\/li>\n<li>The construction of numerous railway lines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He became chairman of the Montreal Port Commission in 1853 and was a\u00a0member of the\u00a0Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada\u00a0and a member of Parliament of the\u00a0House of Commons\u00a0of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The monument was erected in 1908 and originally located in front of the port of Montreal. It was moved to the current location on rue Saint Pierre in 1997. The figure of Neptune at the base of the monument represents the Saint Lawrence River.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location: Corner of rue Saint Pierre \/ rue Marguerite d&#8217;Youville Date of photo:\u00a0November 5 2013 Photographer:\u00a0Martin New at\u00a0Montreal in Pictures The\u00a0John Young\u00a0Monument that was sculpted in 1895 by Louis-Philippe H\u00e9bert. Young (1811-1878) was born in Scotland and moved to Canada when he was 15. 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