Richmond district, Halifax

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historic district neighborhood

The Richmond district in Halifax was a working-class waterfront neighborhood that was almost completely devastated by the 1917 Halifax Explosion.

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Surface form Occurrences
Richmond neighborhood of Halifax 1

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district ⓘ
neighborhood ⓘ
adjacentTo port facilities ⓘ
railway facilities ⓘ
associatedWith Maritime shipping industry ⓘ
rail transport in Halifax ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
dateOfDestruction 1917-12-06 ⓘ
extentOfDamage almost completely devastated ⓘ
hadPopulationType dockworkers and laborers ⓘ
working-class families ⓘ
hasCharacteristic waterfront neighborhood ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of urban devastation caused by wartime munitions disaster ⓘ
major site of casualties and destruction in the 1917 Halifax Explosion ⓘ
locatedIn Halifax NERFINISHED ⓘ
Halifax Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nova Scotia ⓘ
locatedOn Halifax Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ
partlyReplacedBy Hydrostone district NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf north end of Halifax ⓘ
preExplosionBuildingTypes industrial sheds ⓘ
tenements ⓘ
warehouses ⓘ
wooden houses ⓘ
preExplosionPrimaryLandUse industrial ⓘ
maritime-related ⓘ
residential ⓘ
reconstructionOccurredAfter Halifax Explosion NERFINISHED ⓘ
reconstructionTimePeriod 1920s ⓘ
late 1910s ⓘ
significantEvent Halifax Explosion NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialClassCharacter working-class neighborhood ⓘ
timePeriodOfProsperity early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ

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Halifax Explosion → location → Richmond district, Halifax ⓘ
Halifax Explosion → destroyed → Richmond district, Halifax ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richmond neighborhood of Halifax