The Guaranteed Pure Milk bottle is a landmark water tower in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, located at 1025 Lucien L'Allier Street (previously rue de l'Aqueduc).[1] The 6-tonne (13,000 lb), 10-metre (33 ft)-high Art Deco structure was designed in 1930 by architects Hutchison, Wood & Miller as advertising for the Guaranteed Pure Milk Company (founded 1900).[2] The building on which it stands is the former headquarters of the Guaranteed Pure Milk Company[3] and is visible in the movie "Red 2" as the exterior of the "Yankee White Facility", although the water tower itself is not.
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The giant riveted steel quart of milk was built by Dominion Bridge Company of Lachine. It has a 250,000-litre (66,000 US gal; 55,000 imp gal) capacity.[4][5]
The bottle ceased being used in the 1970s but remained with the building even after the dairy was sold to (and disappeared under) Ault Foods in 1990.[6]
In 2009, it was restored after years of disrepair, thanks to the efforts of volunteers, $100,000 in private donations, and lobbying by Heritage Montreal.[2][5]
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edit- ^ Lucien-L'Allier (AMT)
- ^ a b "Milk bottle restored". CTV Montreal. Oct 26, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
- ^ "Laiteries du Quebec". Retrieved May 3, 2017.
- ^ Riga, Andy (Sep 14, 2009). "Don't cry over guaranteed pure milk bottle - it's getting a makeover". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on 2009-09-22. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
- ^ a b Pepin, Frédéric (2009-10-26). "La pinte est blanche à nouveau". Agence QMI. French: Canoe. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
- ^ "Montreal - Guaranteed Pure Milk".
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