Wetaskiwin Court House Charging Station - Wetaskiwin, AB
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N 52° 58.094 W 113° 22.029
12U E 341035 N 5871359
Today expanded and used as the Wetaskiwin town hall, the old Wetaskiwin Courthouse is a typical courthouse from Alberta's early years.
Waymark Code: WMYZ7H
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 08/14/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
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Completed in 1909, just four years after Alberta and Saskatchewan were carved out of the Northwest Territories, the 2½ story brick courthouse stands on a sandstone foundation with a daylight basement. It is set near the centre of a large, well landscaped, town lot with mature trees, a fountain and reflection bench in the rear and a pair of World War I cannons decorating the front lawn.

At the courthouse are two adjoining parking lots, the public lot on the west side of the building and the employee parking lot at the rear. At the back of the latter lot is an electric car charging station, the only one we happened across in Wetaskiwin.

Installed by Wilf's Electric Limited, the station consists of a single charger, with a single outlet. Bearing the Sun Country Highway brand, this is an SCH Series charger, probably an SCH100, which provides "the fastest charge times and highest power rating available, up to 400% faster charging compared to 25 amp chargers, with 70/80A, 19.2kW of power."

As is typical of early courthouses, when built it housed not only judicial offices, administration offices and courtroom, but the police force and jail cells as well. Police and jail functions have long since been relocated to separate premises. The neo classical Wetaskiwin Courthouse was the first courthouse to be designed by Provincial Architect A. M. Jeffers.
Location:
4705 50 Avenue
Wetaskiwin, AB Canada
T9A 0R8


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