E. Chanteloup, 1864 Photo: McCord Museum

Location: Montréal

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History:

• Don't even know his first name! "E."

Timeline:

• ?-1878-1890s-?

Links:

• Chanteloup is mentioned in the 1878 Paris Exhibition "Catalogue of the British Colonies", Works of Art, Class 7 (Organization and Appliances for Secondary Instruction): "Chanteloup, E.; Montreal, Q. School Desk." —archive.org
• re The 511 place d'Armes: "The prestigious eight-storey structure, designed by the New York City architectural firm Babb, Cook & Willard and completed in 1889, is known as Montréal's first skyscraper. The sumptuous lobby space boast sculpted motifs by Henry Beaumont and lattice work by the Montréal foundry Chanteloup." —Old Montréal - Guide to performing renovation or restoration work

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• "Mulholland Point Lighthouse, a wooden octagonal tower standing forty-four feet from its base to the vane on its lantern, was completed in 1884, but its fixed white light was not exhibited until 1885. E. Chanteloup, a Montreal establishment that outfitted many Canadian lighthouses, supplied the lantern and lighting apparatus at a cost of $683.26, and Malachi Parker was hired as the first keeper of Mulholland Lighthouse. The towers light was shown from a height of sixty feet and was visible up to thirteen miles." —Mulholand Point Lighthouse, New Brunswick Canada (Lighthousefriends.com)
• "David Yuile (1846 - 1909) was a Canadian businessman. Yuile, along with his brother William, owned and operated various glass manufacturing companies through his life. ... During the 1890s, Yuile served as president of the Chanteloup Manufacturing Company Limited, a Montreal-based brass foundry and ironworks." —Wikipedia
• "1888: Bénédiction de trois nouvelles cloches au coût de $2,500 (maison Chanteloup, de Montréal). Lorgue Eusèbe Brodeur, de Saint-Hyacinthe, est installé, au coût de $6,000, avec 32 jeux." —Societe d'histoire et de généalogie des Mille-Iles (shgmi.ca)
• "the bell from the old post office, dated 1889 and manufactured by the E. Chanteloup foundry in Montreal" —Causeway Park (HistoricPlaces.ca)
• "Pour la description du monument élevé en l'honneur de messire Antoine Girouard, reportons-nous à la description donnée dans lecompte-rendu de la réunion générale des anciens en 1878. ... C'est dans les ateliers de la maison Chanteloup, à Montréal, que le fondeur Louis-Georges Hérard coula cette statue de bronze d'après le plâtre de M. Van Luppen." —La statue de messire Antoine Girouard (anciensemsthyacinthe.qc.ca)