Autre nom(s)
C.P.R Dam
Canadian Pacific Railway Dam
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1888/01/01 à 1888/12/31
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2006/06/22
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The C.P.R. Dam is a Municipal Heritage Property in the City of Swift Current and is located within Riverside Park. The C.P.R. Dam, first built in 1888, is approximately 139 metres in length including a low, 55-metre long, earth-filled wooden plank spillway.
Valeur patrimoniale
The heritage value of the C.P.R. Dam lies in its use as a reservoir, formerly providing water for the steam locomotives travelling the Canadian Pacific Railway's main line. With the Swift Current Creek determined to be a reliable source of water required to service the locomotives, in 1888, a 139-metre long, earth, stone and plank dam was built to fulfill this important need of the C.P.R. With the flow of the Swift Current Creek harnessed, water was pumped to the roundhouse and water tank near the station. The dam has been subsequently been rebuilt with a concrete crest, wings and walls and wood plank spillway over top of the earth-filled construction and now serves as a landscape feature in Riverside Park.
Source:
City of Swift Current Bylaw No.21-1985.
Éléments caractéristiques
The heritage value of the C.P.R. Dam resides in the following character-defining elements:
-those elements that reflect the property’s use as a C.P.R. water reservoir, including its original location on the Swift Current Creek, its low profile, earth-filled construction with north and south retaining walls totaling 84.4 metres in length; an overflow 54.9 metres in length with a concrete crest, wing walls and wooden plank spillway.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Saskatchewan
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (Sask.)
Loi habilitante
Heritage Property Act, alinéa 11(1)(a)
Type de reconnaissance
Bien patrimonial municipal
Date de reconnaissance
1985/05/06
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Communications et transport
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Communauté
- Espace communautaire
Historique
- Industrie
- Installation hydraulique
- Transport ferroviaire
- Gare ou autre installation ferroviaire
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Department of Culture, Youth and Recreation
Heritage Resources Branch
1919 Saskatchewan Drive
File: MHP 841
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
MHP 841
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
s/o