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Royal Canadian Mint |
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 City Directories |
1949 |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  [1] |
- 320 Sussex Street
Ottawa, On.
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I21018 |
Lowertown |
| Last Modified |
19 Jul 2018 |
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- Royal Canadian Mint
320 Sussex Drive
This British Royal Mint branch was built when it was decided that Canadian coinage should be manufactured in Canada. The building filled a demanding set of specifications set out by the mother mint. Ewart continued the Barional theme from the neighbouring building, but with a more fortified appearance appropriate to its purpose. The guard house and spiked iron fence (1908) harmonized in style and spirit with the massive turrets flanking the entrance. A refinery, in which bullion is mixed and melted, was added to the right rear, and a wing in front of that (1909-16). A florid bronze-cast coat of arms sits over the central door. In the early 1980s, the Master of the Mint "unwittingly" demolished a portion of the building, despite it being a Classified federal heritage building. At the instigation of the of the government, the Master as required to reconstruct what had been demolished. Part of the Mint's operations have moved to a newer plant in Winnipeg, and this building now specializes in collector and commemorative coins and as a museum.
Source: Exploring the Capital: Andrew Waldron; page 38
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