A combined sewage pumping station and transformer station once stood at the junction of Sault Ste. Marie and Steelton
Throughout a city’s history, construction is constantly changing the look of a city as older buildings are demolished to make room for new projects. The Gore Street Pump House is one such building. Built-in 1916, the Romanesque Revival style building was designed by Albert E Pickering.
When the Gore Street Pump House was constructed, it was a combined sewage pumping station and transformer station at the junction of Sault Ste. Marie and Steelton. The Pump House was a unique building and oddly trapezoidal shaped. There were no support columns but rather 8-inch steel in the concrete floor that connected to steel girders. Steel columns that supported the girders were embedded in the outer brickwork and were hidden behind a five-foot-high brick-faced wainscoting and plaster walls.
In 1961, Mr. Trevor moved to a new lab at the corner of Brock and Albert Street. During his time at the Gore Street Pump House, he worked to battle the grey-patch ringworm epidemic. On Sept. 23, 1996, City Council decided to demolish the building because of visibility issues and for the future re-alignment of Bay Street.