BDD Coppersmith Shop #4, January 23, 2003
(East side of foot of Lonsdale Avenue)
Friday, November 5, 2010
Burrard Dry Dock #4 and #10
Burrard Dry Dock, BBD,(See Link.) extending on the shoreline of North Vancouver between St. Georges Avenue and Lonsdale Avenue dates back to 1911. At this time the first two buildings were constructed, the Wallace Shipyard Offices #1 and the Wallace Machine Shop #14A. Building #4 (in photo above) was built in 1943 as the Coppersmith's Shop. In 1991 it was used for Storage.
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Building #10 (in two photos below) was built in 1925 with an addition in 1943. It was built as a Machine Shop and in 1991 continued to be used as a Machine Shop.
Outlook August 9, 2001
(Rear building-BDD #10 Machine Shop)
BDD #10 Machine Shop, January 23, 2003
Burrard Dry Dock built "over 400 ships-from small tugs to naval construction and vessels for BC's fleet-were hammered, riveted and welded by thousands of workers." (See Reference 2.)
Demolition and Construction: BDD building #10 has been demolished and BDD building #4 has been rebuilt. Staff at the adjacent Pinnacle Hotel reported that the new building will house a Pinnacle restaurant.
Photos: Skeletons of #4 and #19 BDD buildings taken in 2003 by SW.
Photo: Outlook Newspaper, August 9, 2001.
Reference 1: City of North Vancouver Heritage Inventory 1994, page159.
Reference 2: Launching History, The Saga of Burrard Dry Dock, by Francis Mansbridge, page xi.
