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Shell Canada Ltd. Effluent Treating Area
Shell Canada Ltd. Effluent Treating Area // 114
File
8 drawings : 2 prints, 2 ink on trace, 3 ink on vellum, 1 pencil on vellum ; 41 x 73 cm, 58 x 106 cm
File consists of 8 drawings, including 2 equipment location plans for water treatment, 2 exterior perspectives, 3 preliminary drawings, 1 working drawing, and 1 project file (specifications, correspondence).
cac28/8009, cac28/7907
The principle objective of the proposal was to create an efficient screen between the refinery and Sherbrooke Street East through the use of grading and planting. For the effluent treating area of an industrial plant, unused pockets of land were improved by extensive tree planting in order to give "an industrial site a park-like character".