Lesson 10- Lachine canal

Question 1

canal lachine was built by what kind of immigrants?

Answer 1

irish

Question 2

the idea of the lachine canal was?

Answer 2

to link an existing waterway system

Question 3

what happened in august of 1689?

Answer 3

most workers were killed in a major raid on the lachine rapids

Question 4

when did they enlarge the canal for the 1st time?

Answer 4

in the 40s

Question 5

how many locks does the canal have?

Answer 5

5

Question 6

what killed the development of the lachine canal?

Answer 6

the st lawrence seaway

Question 7

at the end of the 18th century, what was the only industry in mtl?

Answer 7

the fur trade

Question 8

who built condos in 1 McGill?

Answer 8

Cardinal Hardy

Question 9

what did Cardinal Hardy find when building condos at 1 McGill?

Answer 9

an abandoned shipyard (Munn shipyard)

Question 10

to stock the goods coming on the canal lachine, we have?

Answer 10

warehouses

Question 11

what are 2 important warehouses next to lachine canal?

Answer 11

Buchanan (John Wells, 1845) and Busby Lambe (Hopkins, Lawford and Nelson, 1857)

Question 12

what are characteristics of these warehouses?

Answer 12

small windows, not high ceilings, many floors

Question 13

what happened to these warehouses?

Answer 13

mostly became condos in the 2000s

Question 14

What are some examples of bassins next to canal lachine?

Answer 14

flour mill basin, Wellington basin,

Question 15

there was a problem of crossing the canal, so they created:

Answer 15

Wellington Crossing

Question 16

Wellington tunnel was used for?

Answer 16

tramways

Question 17

wellington crossing has what that is special?

Answer 17

3 major crossing types, railway, road transportation and navigation

Question 18

little town that nobody knows close to Griffintown:

Answer 18

Victoriatown, created first as barracks for irish, then transformed into a village by demolishing barraques.

Question 19

one of the engineer of victoria bridge?

Answer 19

stevenson

Question 20

all the streetnames of victoria town were named after:

Answer 20

history about stevenson the architect

Question 21

a canal without _____ doesn’t work

Answer 21

locks

Question 22

the canal was built from ___ to ___ and then enlarged in the ____

Answer 22

21-25, 40s

Question 23

a canal is a series of

Answer 23

artificial falls

Question 24

what are the 3 industrial zones of the lachine canal called?

Answer 24

1, 2, 3

Question 25

Redpath refinery was built in

Answer 25

1854, and it was the tallest building at the time, architect: John Ostell, didnt use the lachine canal energy but steam engines, considered an italian renaissance palace

Question 26

why did the redpath refinery die?

Answer 26

because the canal closed and the transportation costs sky rocketed

Question 27

on des seigneurs and notre dame at lock 3, the 2 banks and architects at the entrance?

Answer 27

Bank of MTL (Sir Andrew Taylor, 1894) and Merchant’s bank (Edward Maxwell, 1895)

Question 28

Atwater Market, architect and year?

Answer 28

Ludger and Paul Lemieux, 1932-33

Question 29

St Ambroise renaissance examples:

Answer 29

Shoiry & Fortin house, Shoiry & Fortin architects, 1992

St Ambroise Residences, L’Oeuf architect, 1996

Habitations Saint-Ambroise, Affleck & de la Riva architect, 2003