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| ONE OF THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS IN GASTOWN IS THE STEAM CLOCK IT ISN•T AS OLD AS SOME BELIEVE. IT WAS ACTUALLY DESIGNED ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO. WHEN THEY REBUILT GASTOWN AS A TOURIST ATTRACTION THEY WANTED SOMETHING OTHER THAN A CONCRETE PLANTER TO DISGUISE THE STEAM VENT. THE WHISTLE ON THE TOP IS FROM AN OLD VESSEL, THE BEAVER, THAT PLIED THE WATERS OF THE B. C. COAST. ONE COLD WINTER, THE STEAM WHISTLE FROZE OPEN, RESIDENTS OF THE AREA ENDURED THE LOUD SCREAM FOR SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL THE REPAIR MAN RETURNED FROM HOLIDAYS. |
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