Bodwell Road Rectifier Station — Vancouver, BC - Historic Transformer Sub-Stations Buildings on Waymarking.com

Tucked in a residential neighbourhood on 33rd Avenue, the Bodwell Road Rectifier Station has long served the public transit network in Vancouver.

Back in the early 20th century, the building was built to serve the rapidly growing streetcar network that was pushing out from Downtown Vancouver. At this time the Municipality of South Vancouver was quickly becoming urban along Main and Fraser streets. And people needed a way to get to Downtown Vancouver.

At this time 33rd Avenue was known as Bodwell Road until it was numbered circa 1912 to be a part of the Vancouver postal delivery system.

Just west of here a spur line ran from Main Street to the Little Mountain Quarry along Bodwell Road / 33rd Avenue. This quarry was in active use until about 1930s provided volcanic basalt to many of Vancouver's early street surfaces. When the quarry shut down it was turned into a park that was ultimately named Queen Elizabeth. And the quarry was turned into a garden.

Today the Bodwell Road Rectifier Station is still in active use supply 600-volt electricity to the city's trolleybus network.

Creation date: About 1910 Status: Active Current use: Not listed

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