Ahoy! Macdonald & Lawrence Selected to Build New Maritime Centre for Cowichan Bay
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- 25 August 2010
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M&L NEWS RELEASE
- Robyn Quinn
COWICHAN BAY, August 24, 2010 –Local business leaders and elected officials applauded as Lew Penney, President of the Cowichan Wooden Boat Society (CWBS), announced the successful bid to build the new Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre. “We are thrilled to confirm internationally recognized, local firm, Macdonald & Lawrence as designers and builders for our new home. Our goal is to preserve the region’s maritime history for future generations and to share our unique Cowichan Bay experience with a growing number of visitors. This centre reflects the future of our vibrant community!”
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The Kinsol Trestle: A Historic Bridge Remade
Reaching across the Koksilah River and veering gently through the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, stands a relic of a by-gone era. At 44 metres high and 188 metres long, the Kinsol Trestle is the largest wooden trestle bridge in the Commonwealth, and one of the highest railway trestles in the world.
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Roof taken off Nanaimo's historic Bastion structure
Internationally renowned restoration specialists finished deconstructing most of the historic Bastion in downtown Nanaimo on Thursday.
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Roof lifted off Nanaimo's historic Bastion
Workers doing a restoration overhaul on Nanaimo’s Bastion blew the roof off the historic structure this week.
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Roof lifted off historic Bastion for restoration work
Engineering specialists removed the roof of Nanaimo's iconic heritage building today as part of the ongoing $300,000 restoration project.
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Macdonald hunts down Trestle treasure trove
When the rehabilitation of the Kinsol Trestle finally looked like it would get the green light, Gord Macdonald, the timber specialist contractor for the project, started to gather all the historical information about Canada's tallest free-standing wooden trestle that he could find.
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Work begins on revitalizing the historic Kinsol Trestle
Work finally began yesterday to fix up the historic Kinsol Trestle, one of the world's highest wooden trestles.
Close to $7.4 million has been raised through government and other contributions to refurbish the structure, which measures 44 metres high and 188 metres in length and crosses the Koksilah River in the Cowichan Valley.
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Kinsol Trestle Being Restored
Restoration work began today on the historic Kinsol Trestle. The structure has spanned the Koksilah River for nearly a century and was nearly torn down over concerns it was a danger to public safety.
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Work started on historical Kinsol Trestle
Tuesday was a big day for Kinsol Trestle enthusiasts as they announced rehabilitation of the colossal bridge has officially begun.
That doesn't mean, however, campaigners aren't accepting donations to the cause.
The public was invited to the north end of the structure to mark the start of the labour and to get ramped up on their fundraising efforts to raise the remaining cash needed to finish the more extensive rehab work.
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Restoring Nanaimo's Beloved Bastion
It has stood for more than 150 years, but father time has caught up with Nanaimo's beloved bastion.
Now, M&L has started restoration work on the iconic structure.
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