Water Tower in Kingston Frontenac County Ontario, Fort Henry

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Kingston - water tower/standpipe # 1 of 7
Frontenac County. Photo © Mark Visser

Tower Information .
Location: Hwy. 2 and Gardiners Road
Signage L: Township of Kingston. Industry grows here
Signage R: Kingston
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Area informatio
Kingston is located , about midway between Toronto and Montrealan in
eastern Ontario. Kingston was named the first capital of the United Province of Canada on February 10, 1841. While its time as a capital city was short , the community has remained an important military installation. Kingston was the county seat of Frontenac County until 1998. Kingston is now a separate municipality from the County of Frontenac.

Kingston - water tower/standpipe # 2, 3 & 4 of 7
Frontenac County. Photo © Mark Visser

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Location: Creekfort Rd @ Cloggs Rd
Signage: Kingston
Built: 2005
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Tower Information .
Location: Princess St @ MacDonnell St
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Tower Information
Location: Hwy. 2, Canadian Forces Base Kingston
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Kingston - water tower/standpipe # 5 & 6 of 7
Frontenac County. Photo © Mark Visser

In the late 1990s the neighboring
municipalities of Kingston Township
and Pittsburg Township became
part of the City of Kingston.
Kingston was the capital of the
Province of Canada from
1841-1844
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Pittsburgh Township is home to Fort Henry,
Canadian Forces Base Kingston,
the Royal Military College of Canada.,
a federal prison (Pittsburgh and Joyceville Institutions)
and MacLachlan Woodworking Museum.

Standpipe Information .
Location: Forest Dr. @ Riverside Dr.
Signage: Pittsburgh Township
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Standpipe Information .
Location: Gore St. @ Rose Abby Dr.
Signage: Kingston
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Penitentiary Water Tower
Location: 244 Sir John A. MacDonald Boulevard
a few hundres meters north of Union Street West
Capacity: 340,956 liters
Built: 1895 on the former site of the Penitentiary Farm, now West Campus of Queen’s University. Photo added 04-2008
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Water was pumped from Lake Ontario to the Water Tower. This water was stored in a 75,000 gallon metal tank located in the upper two floors of the tower. The height of the water provided pressure so that the water could be piped around the surrounding area. At one time the Water Tower provided for the Kingston Penitentiary, the Prison for Women, Collins Bay Penitentiary.
Beneath the massive iron tank, which was built by the Montreal Iron Works, are two 3-storey apartments in a duplex arrangement on the north and south sides. On the first floor of the apartments there was a kitchen and living room. The second floor held two bedrooms, while the third floor had one bedroom and a bathroom. Queens University Archives

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