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  2. Storyeum - Wikipedia

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    The set is presumably set in Vancouver because of a replica Gastown Steam clock present on set. In this part of the experience, circa 1944, guests see a Canadian soldier, waiting at the station to depart for reconstruction efforts in Italy, with a wife waiting for her husband, who is a Canadian Forces soldier, return from fighting in Europe.

  3. Water Street (Vancouver) - Wikipedia

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    Gastown steam clock. Water Street is a street in the Gastown area of Vancouver, British Columbia. It is named for its proximity to the water, in this case the south shore of Burrard Inlet, and was briefly known as Front Street. [1] Water Street is popular amongst tourists; its most famous landmark is the steam clock. [2]

  4. Steam clock - Wikipedia

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    Jersey Steam Clock. The Jersey steam clock is a full-scale replica of the centre section of a paddle steamboat named the Ariadne. The clock was commissioned by the Jersey Waterfront Board in 1996, and built by Smith of Derby Group. Although once powered by steam, according to a Jersey government document "the steam workings have been replaced ...

  5. Gastown - Wikipedia

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    Gastown's most famous (though nowhere near oldest) landmark is the steam-powered clock on the corner of Cambie and Water Street. It was built in 1977 to cover a steam grate, part of Vancouver's distributed steam heating system, as a way to harness the steam and to prevent street people from sleeping on the spot in cold weather. [10]

  6. List of attractions and monuments in Stanley Park - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of attractions and monuments in Stanley Park, located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Stanley Park is one of the most popular attractions in the city for both tourists and local residents, drawing an estimated eight million visitors every year. [1] The following is a list of its many statues, monuments, and attractions.

  7. Raymond Saunders (clockmaker) - Wikipedia

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    In 1977 he was commissioned to build a steam clock for the Gastown district of Vancouver, Canada. [1] The Gastown clock may be the first steam clock ever built although there is evidence that 19th century British engineer John Inshaw made a steam clock after which was named a Birmingham pub. Saunders has since built six different public steam ...

  8. Category:Tourist attractions in Vancouver - Wikipedia

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    Restaurants in Vancouver (2 C, ... Second Beach (Vancouver) Stanley Park; Steam clock; U. University Endowment Lands; University of British Columbia Vancouver; V.

  9. Cactus Club Cafe - Wikipedia

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    Cactus Club Cafe in Downtown Vancouver. The interior of a Cactus Club Cafe location in Edmonton. Cactus Club Cafe is a Canadian-owned chain of premium casual restaurants that originated in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The chain has since expanded to 31 locations throughout Canada, with other locations throughout British Columbia, Alberta ...