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 Tower Information Location: Clair Rd. @ Laird Rd. Signage: Guelph Built: 1994 Height: 4.2 meters Capacity: 4,550,000 liters |
 Tower Information Location: Speedvale Ave W @Imperial Signage: Guelph Built: early 1970s Height: 45.72 meters Capacity: 2,273,045 liters |
 Tower Information Location: Verny Street Signage: Guelph Built: early 1960s Height: 45.72 meters Capacity: 4,546,090 liters |
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 Tower Information Location: Woodlawn Rd. W @ Arrow Signage: ABB (repainted in 2006 and ABB deleted) Built: Height: Capacity: |
 Standpipe Information Location: 5525 Wellington Rd. 36 Signage: Built: Height: Capacity: |
 Standpipe Information Location: Whitelaw Rd. @ Hwy. 24 Signage: Woods Danby Built: 2015. Height: Capacity: (factory outlet store for housewares and home appliances) |
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| Area information. Guelph was founded on St. George’s Day, April 23rd, 1827 with the ceremonial felling of a large maple tree. Guelph did not grow beyond village size until the Grand Trunk Railroad reached it from Toronto in 1856. - Guelph was named after the British Royal Family. King George the IV, the monarch at the time of Guelph’s founding, was from the Guelph lineage, a German family. - Guelph was the home of North America’s first cable TV system. Ted Metcalf created McLean Hunter Television and their first broadcast was Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation in 1953. - Tim Ryan, the inventor of Five Pin Bowling, was a Guelph resident. - The number “64” on the cap of Sleeman Cream Ale bottles is the page number of the recipe from the book belonging to the great grandfather who started the company in 1832. - The HMCS Guelph was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 9 May 1944. City of Guelph |
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