Main Post Office - Vancouver, British Columbia
Posted by: 
Hikenutty
N 49° 16.846 W 123° 06.887
10U E 491651 N 5458673
At one time this building was the largest welded steel structure in the world. It takes up an entire downtown block of Vancouver. The building was completed in 1958.
Waymark Code: WM2Q63
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 12/05/2007
Views: 261
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
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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.