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Watson Foster Co. Ltd.

View, looking south-west the intersection of rue Ontario and ave. Desjardins(1999)

View, looking north-west, along ave. Desjardins (1999)

Looking north from boul. Pie IX and rue Ontario (1999)

Illustration of company factory (1903); from Ernest Chambers, The Book of Montreal: a Souvenir of Canada's Commercial Metropolis (Montreal: Book of Montreal, 1903), 264.

Company advertisement from 1907; from Montreal: The Commercial Metropolis of Canada and the History of the Gazette 1778-1907 (Montreal: Gazette Printing, 1907), 189.

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Title:

Watson Foster Co. Ltd.

Address:

4115 rue Ontario est

Type of Building:

factory

Architect:

Hutchison, Alexander Cowper

Building Materials:

stone foundation; brick

Date Construction Began:

1896

Date Construction Completed:

1897

Source

Preferred Citation:

"Watson Foster Co. Ltd.", Industrial Architecture of Montreal, McGill Libraries

Reference Link:

https://sgolds15.github.io/industrial/items/in016.html

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