{"id":200828,"date":"2021-01-08T15:47:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T20:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csce.dev\/en\/?post_type=historic_site&p=200828"},"modified":"2022-07-07T09:45:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T13:45:59","slug":"montreal-metro","status":"publish","type":"historic_site","link":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/historic-site\/montreal-metro\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Metro"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

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Laurier Station, 1966. (Source: Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de transport de Montr\u00e9al)<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Site Location: Lat.: 45\u2070-32\u2019-36\u201d N; Long.: 73\u2070-37\u2019-42\u201d W. (GPS: 45.5434759, -73.6305981). Jarry Metro Station, 504 rue Jarry Est, Montreal. Take the Metro, Orange Line.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Plaque on corridor wall, on the trains side of the Jarry Street turnstiles. (Source: F. Brunet)<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Description: The Montreal Metro subway system opened on October 14, 1966. Its smaller Parisian-style cars run on pneumatic tires, permitting relatively steep grades. It is entirely underground because of the harsh winter conditions encountered in Montreal. To design and construct the system, the City created Le Bureau du M\u00e9tro. The chief engineer of the metro was Lucien L’Allier and the deputy chief engineer for the construction of the initial network was G\u00e9rard Gascon. The 26 stations of the initial network were augmented by 42 new stations between 1976 and 2007. The Metro features unique stations that display local artists\u2019 works.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Initial Network 1966. (Source: Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de transport de Montr\u00e9al)<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Historic Significance: The Montreal Metro was of the largest projects in Montreal’s history, with a peak work force of more than 5,000. It uses the first tunnel dug under the St. Lawrence River, reaching 40 m below grade to pass under the Port of Montreal. It is the only subway in North America constructed entirely underground. It is the first metro in the world exclusively with cars supported on pneumatic tires, and the first metro in North America with architecturally unique stations endowed with works of art. More than 10 billion admissions have been sold since its opening.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Plaque detail. (Source: F. Brunet)<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Plaque Wording: Site Historique National de G\u00e9nie Civil. LE M\u00c9TRO DE MONTR\u00c9AL. Un hommage aux ing\u00e9nieurs civils, architectes, artistes et constructeurs impliqu\u00e9s dans la r\u00e9alisation du M\u00e9tro de Montr\u00e9al inaugur\u00e9 le 14 Octobre 1966. Construit en seulement quatre ans sous la direction de Lucien L\u2019Allier et G\u00e9rard Gascon du Bureau du M\u00e9tro, il constitue l\u2019un des plus grands projets de g\u00e9nie civil entrepris au pays \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque. En Am\u00e9rique du nord, ce m\u00e9tro est le seul enti\u00e8rement souterrain et le premier \u00e0 utiliser des roues pneumatiques. Il compte \u00e9galement le premier tunnel passant sous le fleuve Saint-Laurent. Chacune des stations a une conception unique et affiche des \u0153uvres d\u2019artistes locaux. Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 canadienne de g\u00e9nie civil. 2019.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

National Historic Civil Engineering Site. MONTREAL METRO. A tribute to the civil engineers, architects, artists and constructors involved in the building of the Montreal Metro subway system, inaugurated on October 14, 1966. Built in only four years under the direction of Lucien L\u2019Allier and G\u00e9rard Gascon of le Bureau du M\u00e9tro, this was one of the largest civil engineering undertakings in the country at that time. In North America, the Metro is the only all-underground subway and the first to use pneumatic tires. It also achieved the first tunnel crossing under the St. Lawrence River, and features unique station designs that display local artists\u2019 works. 2019. Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Plaque Unveiling Ceremony: The plaque was unveiled at Jarry Station on June 13, 2019.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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From left to right: Marie Plourde, STM Board Member and Borough Counsellor, Mile-End District, Marie-Claude L\u00e9onard, Executive Director Metro, STM<\/em>, CSCE President Glenn Hewus and Michael Bartlett, Chair, CSCE National History Committee. (Source: Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de transport de Montr\u00e9al)<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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From left to right: Constantine Katsanis (CSCE), Marie Plourde (STM), Michael Bartlett (CSCE), Beno\u00eet Clairoux (STM), Glenn Hewus (CSCE), Jean-Luc Martel (CSCE), Marie-Claude L\u00e9onard (STM), Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Brunet (CSCE), Mathieu Doyer (CSCE), Michel Th\u00e9or\u00eat (STM). (Source: Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de transport de Montr\u00e9al)<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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

\u201c50 years of old photos of m\u00e9tro stations\u201d, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de transport de Montr\u00e9al.<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u00abLe m\u00e9tro de Montr\u00e9al devient un site historique national de g\u00e9nie civil\u00bb<\/a><\/h5>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Site Location: Lat.: 45\u2070-32\u2019-36\u201d N; Long.: 73\u2070-37\u2019-42\u201d W. (GPS: 45.5434759, -73.6305981). Jarry Metro Station, 504 rue Jarry Est, Montreal. Take the Metro, Orange Line. Plaque Location:   Description: […]<\/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\/200828"}],"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=200828"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/historic_site\/200828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211038,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/historic_site\/200828\/revisions\/211038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"classification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/classification?post=200828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}