MONTREAL, May 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

The ceremony will be held in English.
La cérémonie se déroulera en Anglais.

The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) is honoured to distinguish the William Collector, the first collector sewer in Montreal as an official historic site for Civil Engineering.

Distinguished guests for this ceremony include:
Mrs. Louise Pothier, Curator and Chief Archeologist, Pointe-à-Callière
Mr. Hendrik Van Gijseghem, Project Manager, Pointe-à-Callière
Glenn Hewus, President, CSCE
Frédéric Brunet, VP Quebec Region, CSCE, Master of Ceremonies
Michael Bartlett, Chair, CSCE National History Committee

After 157 years, a remarkable longevity, the collector sewer stopped being in use. In 1992, one of its segments was integrated into the Pointe-à-Callière museum. Today, visitors can enjoy a multisensory, contemplative experience thanks to the Memory Collector, an ingenious light installation projected onto the stone walls of the collector sewer, in a specially designed sound environment.

The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering established a History Program in 1983. The Committee responsible for this Program is the CSCE National History Committee, whose mandate is “to record and preserve whatever tangible evidence remains of the significant works of earlier generations of Civil Engineers and through suitable publications and publicity to make the general public and even engineers themselves, more aware of the importance of Civil Engineering in the historic development and welfare of Canada”.

Contact: Lyanne St. Jacques 514-730-5288

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