From the Stronach Photo Files

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Ian has once again started to provide installments from his collection;



Montreal, January, 1980 – 3[sup]rd[/sup] alarm and February 9[sup]th[/sup], 1992 – 5[sup]th[/sup] alarm; Box 3-2521 (St. Ambroise & Sir Georges Etienne Cartier Est); the long standing Dominion Elevator Limited (later Coopérative Federée Quebec) flour mill on the north bank of the Lachine Canal was the site of massive dust explosion in January 1980 that severely damaged the concrete silos and broke every window in the six storey mill building. The force of the explosion ripped apart the 2 foot thick concrete silos and toppled over 100 ton railway cars. After the explosion the damaged silos were demolished. The mill reopened twelve years later on February 9[sup]th[/sup], 1992 first due companies arrived to find the mill fully involved. The building collapsed during the fire and by the next morning the flour mill was gone.



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