Vancouver Mail Processing Plant, 349 W. Georgia Street; opened in 1958; $13-million structure; the largest welded steel structure in the world at the time; connected to the CPR station by a conveyor-equipped tunnel which hasn't been used since 1965; the roof pad designed for helicopter mail delivery turned out to be too expensive to utilize; more photos from forthcoming tour here soon!
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This is it; the big postal building, renowned for being earthquake proof!
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