See the construction of the Montreal Metro with archive images [PHOTO]
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Underground world of Montreal!
If you often go through the Mont-Royal metro station or Edouard-Montpetit, you may have had a glimpse of what underground construction works look like. It's a lot of noise and a pretty visual. But that is only the view from above.Source: Archives de la ville de Montréal
1966
Imagine when the entire underground world was built in 1966.
cultural influence of Montreal
These archive images allow us to explore the city's underground passages! It was a gigantic project that greatly contributed to strengthening the cultural influence of Montreal.Source: Archives de la ville de Montréal
1966
The work took 4 years during which the population only grew. Montrealers rejoiced during its inauguration on October 14, 1966.Source: Archives de la ville de Montréal
The tunnel between Sauve and Cremazie
The Montreal metro project was truly ambitious, in a way that stood out from the metros of other major world cities.Source: Archives de la ville de Montréal
colorful and unique designs.
Each station was a real work of art under construction. As you have surely noticed yourself, the stations of the Montreal Metro are distinguished from each other by their architectures as well as their colorful and unique designs. Source: Archives de la ville de Montréal
54 years later
This work has given pride of place to certain artists by recording them in history. But it is also the long work of these workers that you see at work 54 years later on your screen!Source: Archives de la ville de Montréal
huge, interconnected tunnels
There is something really special about seeing the construction of these huge, interconnected tunnels that some of us use every day. Source: Archives de la ville de Montréal
underground labyrinth
Even if you are not a user, the fact is that under your feet, at another time in history, someone blasted the ground to build this underground labyrinth is amazing.Source: Archives de la ville de Montréal
Île Notre-Dame!
To give you an idea of the extent of the work, part of the earth from the tunnels was used in 1965 to build Île Notre-Dame!Source: Archives de la ville de Montréal
Source: Archives de la ville de Montréal
Construction of the Beaudry escalator
Source: Archives de la ville de Montréal
Construction of the Berri tunnel
Source: Archives de la ville de Montréal
Berri
Source: Archives de la ville de Montréal
Rosemont metro stop testing before the opening
Source: Archives de la ville de Montréal
excavation of Notre-Dame
Source: Archives de la ville de Montréal
Berri-de-Montigny in 1964
Source: Archives de la ville de Montréal
excavation of the tunnel
Source: Archives de la ville de Montréal
Beaubien station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Rosemont
