Battery
In French: Batterie côtière et magasin de York Shore
Also known as York Shore Battery
Shore Road and Purcell's Cove Road, Harrietsfield
About Battery
In Harrietsfield, Battery is one of 3 federal buildings of the highest heritage rank. Battery dates from 1942–1944. Royal Canadian Corps of Engineers designed it. 3 more historic places stand within 400 m of it.
Situated on the York shore, the York Shore Battery and Magazine consists of two large massively built reinforced concrete and steel structures with flat concrete roofs, each of which is one-storey in height and of irregular massing. The larger structure which stands at the shoreline, contains two horseshoe shaped open gun emplacements which both project at an angle from the main structure. The second auxiliary structure is linear in appearance and is comprised of a series of rooms whose doors and window patterns are irregular. The site enjoys its greatest visibility from the harbour and the channel but is visually isolated from all other military structures at York Redoubt. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Battery and Magazine · Open Government Licence – Canada · the register’s own words, unchanged
Of the buildings Canada owns, the most significant are Classified.
Make it a walk: 3 historic places in about 10 minutes
Harrietsfield · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1BatteryStart here
- 2Main Magazine, Building 611Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 200 m on
- 3Fire Command PostClassified Federal Heritage Building · 200 m on
3 within 300 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Questions about Battery
Is Battery protected?
As a Classified federal building, any work on it needs the federal heritage review’s advice while Canada owns it.
When was Battery built?
Work on Battery is recorded as 1942–1944.
What is Battery?
Since 1996, Battery has been a Classified Federal Heritage Building.
Can you visit Battery?
You can see it from the street, while entry depends on its current use.
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Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles.
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