I took a series of pictures on the way to and from the 
2014 Canadian Firefighters Memorial Ceremony. The central feature of these pictures is the Fleet Street Pumping Station in Ottawa. I don't think I can classify it as a memorial, even though it has a plaque. So I'm posting the pictures here.
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| NATIONAL HISTORIC CIVIL ENGINEERING
 SITE
 
 FLEET STREET PUMPING STATION
 
 Originally constructed to provide a safe
 water supply for public use and for fire
 fighting purposes, this pumping station
 remains a lasting tribute to the prominent
 civil engineers responsible ffor its design and
 construction. Due to their innovative use of
 water power to drive the pumping equipment
 and superb engineering skils, the Fleet Stree
 Pumping Station continues to be a key
 component of the City of Ottawa's water
 supply system.
 
 1874-75 Construction  Engineer  Thomas C. Keefer
 1888 Expansion  City Engineer  Robert Surtees
 1901 Expansion  City Engineer  Newton Ker
 
 Canadian Society for Civil Engineering  2011
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