Library of Parliament Weathervane - Ottawa, Ontario
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N 45° 25.519 W 075° 42.045
18T E 445180 N 5030438
This blue circular weathervane, mounted on the roof of the Library of Parliament, is located in Ottawa, Ontario.
Waymark Code: WMF4JQ
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 08/22/2012
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The gold restoration (gilding) on the weathervane and ironwork on the roof of the Library of Parliament was done by Ukrainian artist Oleh Lesiuk.
This Government of Canada article titled: "A Treasure to Explore" relates how the Library of Parliament was renovated "from the weathervane atop the roof to the cramped and crowded basements below ground. The complete article can be found here: (
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The details that follow are from a Wikipedia article which can be found here in its entirety: (
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"Constructed in 1876, the Library of Parliament was designed by Thomas Fuller and Chilion Jones, and inspired by the British Museum Reading Room, the building is formed as a chapter house, separated from the main body of the Centre Block by a corridor; this arrangement, as well as many other details of the design, was reached with the input of the then parliamentary librarian, Alpheus Todd.
The walls, supported by a ring of 16 flying buttresses, are load bearing, double-wythe masonry, consisting of a hydraulic lime rubble fill core between an interior layer of finished stone and rustic Nepean sandstone on the exterior."
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