Guaranteed Pure Milk bottle facts for kids
The Guaranteed Pure Milk bottle is a famous landmark in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It's actually a giant water tower shaped like a milk bottle! You can find it at 1025 Lucien L'Allier Street. This huge bottle weighs about 6 tonnes (that's 6,000 kilograms!) and stands 10 meters (about 33 feet) tall.
It was designed in 1930 by architects Hutchison, Wood & Miller. The bottle was built to advertise the Guaranteed Pure Milk Company, which started in 1900. The building it sits on used to be the company's main office. You might even spot this building in the movie "Red 2" as the "Yankee White Facility," though the milk bottle itself isn't shown in the film.
The giant milk bottle is made of riveted steel. It was built by the Dominion Bridge Company in Lachine. This impressive structure can hold a massive 250,000 liters (about 66,000 US gallons) of water!
The bottle stopped being used in the 1970s. However, it stayed with the building even after the dairy company was sold to Ault Foods in 1990.
In 2009, after many years of looking a bit worn out, the bottle was finally restored. This amazing effort happened thanks to many volunteers, $100,000 in private donations, and help from a group called Heritage Montreal.
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