{"id":200126,"date":"2021-01-08T11:31:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T16:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csce.dev\/en\/?post_type=historic_site&p=200126"},"modified":"2022-07-08T09:28:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T13:28:06","slug":"william-l-barrett-water-treatment-plant","status":"publish","type":"historic_site","link":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/historic-site\/william-l-barrett-water-treatment-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Atwater Treatment Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Atwater Treatment Plant (Aqueduc de Montr\u00e9al) (Source: commons.wikimedia.org)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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New Pumping Station (Low Level) \u2013 looking east. Sept. 22, 1923. (Source: Ville de Montr\u00e9al)<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Site Location: Lat.: 45 \u2013 28 \u2013 22 N; Long.: 73 \u2013 34 -20 W. (GPS: 45.4728937, -73.5721497). 3161 St. Joseph, Verdun. On the west side of Atwater\/St. Joseph Streets, immediately south of the Autoroute 15\/20 Atwater exit. Visitors must use entrance at 999 Dupuis Street.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Visitor\u2019s entrance at 999 rue Dupuis. (Source: C. Katsanis)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Plaque Location: The plaque is located inside the building identified as \u201cPorte No. 25\u201d, on the left wall of the lobby as shown below. Visitors will need to be escorted to the building.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Porte No. 25 building. (Source: C. Katsanis)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Plaque installed on interior wall. (Source: C. Katsanis)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Prefilter Piping North side of Gallery Sept. 2, 1913. (Source: Ville de Montr\u00e9al)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Description: Thomas C. Keefer designed the original pumping station on this site, which opened in 1856 to provide the first public water supply for the City of Montr\u00e9al. To further improve the health of its citizens, the city undertook the construction of the Atwater Treatment Plant between 1911 and 1918 under the supervision of Georges Janin. Charles J. des Baillets, Chief Engineer of the City of Montr\u00e9al between 1921 and 1941, oversaw the construction the construction of a new pumping station between 1921 and 1923. The plant capacity was initially 200,000 m3 per day and, after several upgrades, the capacity is now 1.36 million m3 per day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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General view of construction ca. 1916. (Source: Archives de la Ville de Montr\u00e9al)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Historic Significance: The Montr\u00e9al water distribution system was initially proposed in 1853 by Thomas C. Keefer, first president of the CSCE. He envisaged a pumping station at the end of the aqueduct canal, powered by two water wheels driven by the canal current, to pump water to a reservoir on Mount Royal for distribution to the city by gravity. The Atwater Treatment Plant has undergone expansion and modernization since its original construction, but several of its original engineering works still operate to produce high quality drinking water. The pumping and filtration buildings are classified as having \u201cExceptional Heritage Value\u201d by the City of Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Plaque detail. (Source: C. Katsanis)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Plaque Wording: Site Historique National du G\u00e9nie Civil. USINE DE PRODUCTION D\u2019EAU POTABLE ATWATER. Inaugur\u00e9e en 1856, la station de pompage de l\u2019\u00e9poque fut \u00e0 l\u2019origine du premier syst\u00e8me d\u2019approvisionnement en eau potable de la ville de Montr\u00e9al. Afin d\u2019am\u00e9liorer la sant\u00e9 de ses citoyens, la ville construisit l\u2019usine de production d\u2019eau potable Atwater entre 1911 et 1918 et un nouvelle station de pompage entre 1921 et 1923. Cette usine continue de jouer un role cl\u00e9 dans l\u2019approvisionnement en eau potable et elle est un hommage aux ing\u00e9nieurs civil qui l\u2019ont con\u00e7ue et construite. Conception des premiers ouvrages, 1853-56 Ing\u00e9nieur Thomas C. Keefer. Construction de l\u2019usine des filtres 1911-18 Ing\u00e9nieur Georges Janin. Construction de la station de pompage, 1921-23 Ing\u00e9nieur Charles J. Des Baillets. La soci\u00e9t\u00e9 canadienne de genie civil. 2013.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

National Historic Civil Engineering Site. CSCE. ATWATER WATER TREATMENT PLANT. The original pumping station on this site, opened in 1856, provided the first public water supply for the City of Montr\u00e9al. To further improve the health of its citizens the city undertook the construction of the Atwater Treatment Plant between 1911 and 1918 and the construction of a new pumping station between 1921 and 1923. This plant continues to play a key role in the provision of safe drinking water. It is a lasting tribute to the civil engineers responsible for its design and construction. Thomas C. Keefer Engineer Design of the Original Works, 1853-56. Georges Janin Engineer Construction of the Filtration Plant, 1911-18. Charles J. Des Baillets Engineer Construction of the Pumping Station, 1921-23. 2013. Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Link to Online Documentation:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cAtwater Treatment Plant\u201d, Canadian Civil Engineer, 2013. (see page 10).
Nicolas Bednarz, \u201cHommage \u00e0 notre v\u00e9n\u00e9rabke aqueduct\u201d, Archivesdemontreal.com, 2013
French nomination document is excellent, get it online and linked.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Site Location: Lat.: 45 \u2013 28 \u2013 22 N; Long.: 73 \u2013 34 -20 W. (GPS: 45.4728937, -73.5721497). 3161 St. Joseph, Verdun. On the west side of Atwater\/St. Joseph […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22598,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","classification":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/historic_site\/200126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/historic_site"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/historic_site"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22598"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200126"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/historic_site\/200126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211076,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/historic_site\/200126\/revisions\/211076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"classification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/classification?post=200126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}