Main Post Office - Vancouver, British Columbia - Canada Post Offices on Waymarking.com

Long Description:
The following facts are from the Emporis building site:

• Designed by McCarter Nairne & Partners
• Building covers an entire city block, bounded by Homer, Hamilton, Dunsmuir and Georgia streets.
• The helipad on the roof has never been used.
• Once the largest welded steel structure in the world.
• In 1954 the federal Minister of Public Works applied to the City to construct and operate a mail transfer tunnel underneath city streets from the CPR station to the new post office.
• Shortly after completion of the tunnel, mail began to move by air and so the tunnel was never used.
• The post office tunnel is two kilometres long and reaches depths between 4 1/2 and 12 metres, and was built at the cost of $1.6 million.
• Opened on March 14, 1958 with Public Works Minister Howard Green and Postmaster-General William Hamilton officiating.

Post Office Type: Main Branch Province/Territory: British Columbia Historical Significance: Yes - Older than 50 years Location has a philatelic display: yes What brought you here?: We came here to see the building, since it is well know for its size and we thought it would be the perfect post office branch to add to the Waymarking category. Friendly and helpful service: Not Listed

Visit Instructions:
To post a log to an existing Canada Post waymark, you will need to post a unique picture of the Canada Post sign. Including your gps device in the picture is not neccesary, but wouldn't be cause for disapproval, as long as all other details of your log are acceptable.

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Date Logged Log User Rating   11/19/2011 The 2 Newlyweds visited it 8/18/2010 saopaulo1 visited it 12/8/2007 Hikenutty visited it

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