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  4. Longitudinal section of the River St Lawrence from the Entrance of Aqueduct to the Foot of tailrace of the Montreal Water Works = Longitudinal section of the Proposed Aqueduct / Louis Lesage, surintendant de l'aqueduc . - 15 janvier 1873
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Longitudinal section of the River St Lawrence from the Entrance of Aqueduct to the Foot of tailrace of the Montreal Water Works = Longitudinal section of the Proposed Aqueduct / Louis Lesage, surintendant de l'aqueduc . - 15 janvier 1873

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Held by
Ville de Montréal. Section des archives via Archives de Montréal (Ville de Montréal)
Dates
15 janvier 1873 (indexed as 1873)
Level
item
Scope & content
Ce plan représente une vue longitudinale du fleuve St-Laurent de l'entrée de l'aqueduc jusqu'au déversoir. Le plan présente également le canal de l'aqueduc, tel qu'on propose de l'élargir, à partir de la prise d'eau dans le fleuve, jusqu'au réservoir sur la montagne. Les limites des terres qui bordent le canal sont dessinées sur le plan, et le nom des propriétaires est indiqué. Louis Lesage, surintendant de l'aqueduc. Nettoyé à l'éponge sèche. Anglais.
In the picture
AqueductCanalDocumentDrawingEngineering DrawingPlanRiverTypewrittenWater SupplyTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
Location
  • rue River · street · confidence 50% · street · found as “River St”

Where

rue RiverCorrect the locationNearby on the big map

More details

Extent
1 plan : carton beige souple collé sur toile, colorié au pinceau ; 77 x 395 cm, rouleau 77 x 7 cm de diamètre.
Format
Document; Artwork
What the image shows
A long, narrow horizontal technical drawing on aged, cream-coloured paper, showing a longitudinal section of a river and canal alongside. Centred near the top is a block of printed title lettering reading 'LONGITUDINAL SECTION', with smaller lines of text beneath it, and thin ruled lines and a horizontal band run across the sheet. The image is a plan or engineering drawing rather than a photograph, and the faint, low-contrast lines make most of the detail hard to make out at this size.Described automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
Text in the image
LONGITUDINAL SECTIONARMSTRONG SECTIONRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
Harvested
2026-10-20T15:32:56Z · source datestamp n/a · ead

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