WP2002 WPG - ASSINABOINE RIVER ICE GOING OUT

POSTCARD

Date: Posted May 12, 1913 from Winnipeg to Shopshire, England.

Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified

Notation: The cylindrical tower on the left bank is of particular interest. This large gas storage tank sometimes referred to as the "Gasometer" was constructed in 1910 (as reported on page 10 of the September 19, 1910 edition of the Free Press). Located in the Wolseley area, I have heard that the tank held a reserve of gas which was manufactured by the Winnipeg Electric Company. It was dismantled in 1959 (as reported on page 3 of the April 15, 1959 edition of the Free Press).

Over the years, I have read many reports and heard many opinions as to the exact location of the tank. Thanks to Christy C. at the Winnipeg Public Library, I now have a definitive photograph to refer to. (See below.) The tank itself seems to have stood on the south side of Palmerston Avenue, roughly between Lipton Street on the west and the Lipton/Ruby back lane on the east.



This image was found at: www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/organization/stmarysacademy.shtml and entitled “Aerial view St. Mary’s Academy and surrounding Crescentwood neighborhood, 1923” Source: Archives of Manitoba, FA23/1-72, C10, Box 15, 1960-2.

This tank appears in another postcard in my collection: WP2160 WPG - [TENTS ON FIELD SOUTH OF MINTO ARMOURY]