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, was completed in 1913 and designated a historic building in 1992. The roundhouse has been virtually unchanged since its construction. It is surrounded by railway shops and outbuildings, representative of the steam railway era in Canada, once serving its namesake railway.


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Island Rail Corridor The Island Corridor, previously the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway (E&N Railway), is a railway operation on Vancouver Island. It is owned by the Island Corridor Foundation, a registered charity. The railway line is in length from Victoria, Brit ...
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List of historic places in Victoria, British Columbia This is a list of historic places in the City of Victoria, British Columbia entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places The Canadian Register of Historic Places (CRHP; , ), also known as Canada's Historic Places, is an online directo ...
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Railway turntable A railway turntable or wheelhouse is a device for turning railway rolling stock, usually locomotives, to face a different direction. It is especially used in areas where economic considerations or a lack of sufficient space have served to weig ...


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The Roundhouse
1913 establishments in British Columbia Buildings and structures in Victoria, British Columbia Buildings and structures on the National Historic Sites of Canada register National Historic Sites in British Columbia Railway roundhouses in British Columbia Transport infrastructure completed in 1913 {{Canada-rail-transport-stub