Rewiring Long Stem Lights:   
​Starting the summer of 2021, volunteer Master Electrican Ed, started rewiring 20 long stem lights in the Great Hall!  This was a huge job to take the lights down, rewire, rehang & set the wiring controls for the lighting!  They are almost completed except for a few minor tweaks & they look amazing!​
Fire Safety Work Completed & Fire Inspection Passed Spring 2021

The Hanna Roundhouse Society now has Fire Rated metal doors for the public, Fire Rated wall inserts to close in the original concrete firewall built between each 5 bays, & Emergency Lighting!
May 11, 2019:  First Wedding Ceremony at the 1913 Canadian Northern Railway Roundhouse owned & operated byt the Hanna Roundhouse Society!
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Beautiful couple, beautiful day, beautiful ceremony & beautiful venue!

Locomotive Doors of Bays 1-7 on East Side of Roundhouse

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1913 Canadian Northern Railroad locomotive doors where the steam locomotives would pass through into the roundhouse for repairs &/or servicing.  At the beginning, there were pits where workers could work under the locomotive.
In 1961, diesel locomotives had replaced steam locomotives & roundhouses became obsolete.  CN laid off their workers & closed the doors.  The rail yard was still used until about 2010 when the last engine through Hanna was driven by engineer, Gerald (Brass) Campion.

Hanna Turntable facing East towards CN Dam

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The 86'6" Turntable east of the 1913 Canadian Northern Railroad Roundhouse.
The CN turntable is enclosed in a circle of concrete & runs on a partial circular track.  This would have been driven originally with some steam from a steam locomotive attached to the turntable
The water body in the distance is the CN Dam which was used to provide water for the locomotives.

1913 Canadian Northern Railroad Roundhouse & Boiler Room

Aerial view of the 15 locomotive bay roundhouse prior to the demolition of the 1920 section which occurred in 2012.
You can see the original 1913 section in the bottom LH of this photo divided into 2 - 5 bay sections.  The upper RH side of the building is the 1920 - 5 bay section after the roof had  started falling in.