Curator's note | On a blistery May day in 1955 some 4,000 people gathered on the campus of the University of Saskatchewan for the opening of the University Hospital. The seven-storey, seven wing structure took eight years to construct and equip, costing the people of Saskatchewan over $13,000,000. Over 16,000 tons of native limestone, quarried five miles north of campus, were used to face the half mile perimeter of the building. |
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Title | Men Drilling and Breaking Rock |
Date | 19 September 1952 |
Physical extent | 1 negative : b&w |
Scope and content | Image of Saskatoon's University Hospital construction in 1952. View of partially completed east and central wings in background, while two stone masons work rough boulders with jackhammer and mallet in foreground. |
Repository | Saskatoon Public Library Local History Room |
Fonds/collection | Hillyard Photographs Collection | Credits | Hillyard, Leonard |
Retrieval information | Hospitals - University, B-13101 |
Occupation(s) |
Construction - public buildings Construction workers / crews - stone masons |
Theme(s) |
Construction |
Database ID | 36708 |