Formerly located at the northeast corner of First Street and College Avenue East at Brandon, a one-storey brick building, measuring 95 feet by 145 feet, was designed by engineer J. Antonisen and built in 1913, at a cost of about $20,000, by the Beaver Construction Company. Subcontractors on the project included Wilson and Company (masonry and plastering), Brandon Machine Company (steel and roofing), J. E. Yates (steam heating), Brandon Heating Company (plumbing), and the Brandon Electric Light Company (electrical). The building was used as a carbarn for the Brandon Municipal Street Railway.
It was used until the Brandon Municipal Street Railway was decommissioned in 1932. The building has been demolished and no vestiges of it remains.
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.83774, W99.93860
denoted by symbol on the map above
“Brandon, Man.,” Contract Record and Engineering Review, 15 October 1913, page 73.
“Brandon, Man.,” Contract Record and Engineering Review, 29 October 1913, page 66.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 16 February 2025
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