ISSUES WITH THE MASONRY AND LIME MORTARS AT LOUISBOURG

By Eric Krause (Krause House Info-Research Solutions), 2011 - Present

LINKS ON THE LOUISBOURG INSTITUTE WEBSITE TO ASSORTED REPORTS AND DATABASES WITH ISSUE REFERENCES

(Note: These are entire reports or databases that must be searched for said issues)

DISCUSSIONS OF ISSUES IN THE 18TH CENTURY

• Web fortress.cbu.ca\Search\HA01_1.htm

  • REPORT ON THE DEFENSIVE WORKS OF THE KING'S BASTION, FORTRESS OF LOUISBOURG BY RONALD L. WAY, April 30, 1962 (Fortress of Louisbourg Report H A 1)

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  • SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT ON THE ESCARPS OF THE KING'S BASTION, 1744-1760 BY W. STEVENSON, March 11, 1964 (Fortress of Louisbourg Report H A 7)

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  • REPORT ON THE CASEMATES OF THE KING'S BASTION 1720 - 1758 BY WENDY STEVENSON CAMERON, Winter, 1964 (Report H A 10) - SECTION 1, REPORT ON THE CASEMATES OF THE KING'S BASTION 1720-1758, I, BUILDING OF THE CASEMATES: METHODS AND MATERIALS to SUPPLEMENT

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  • THE CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPATION OF THE BARRACKS OF THE KING'S BASTION BY BLAINE ADAMS, JULY, 1971 (Fortress of Louisbourg Report H A 13) - CHRONOLOGY OF CONSTRUCTION, 1725

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  • THE CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPATION OF THE BARRACKS OF THE KING'S BASTION BY BLAINE ADAMS JULY, 1971 (Fortress of Louisbourg Report H A 13) - ENGLISH OCCUPATION 1745 - 1749 

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  • PRINCESS BASTION REPORT: A SURVEY OF THE AREA FROM THE RIGHT REENTRANT ANGLE OF THE PRINCESS BASTION TO THE RIGHT REENTRANT ANGLE OF THE BROUILLAN BASTION, AND THE RELATION OF THIS AREA TO CAP NOIR BY MARGARET FORTIER, February, 1966 (Supervision: W. Stevenson, J. Hanna) (Fortress of Louisbourg Report H B 3) - SECTION II, CHAPTER 1, Right Flank

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  • DAUPHIN BASTION Preliminary Report (1720 - 1745) BY MARGARET FORTIER (Under the supervision of B. C. Bickerton), January, 1966 (Fortress of Louisbourg Report H B 6) - CHAPTER 4, LEFT FLANK

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  • PRELIMINARY REPORT ON DAUPHIN BASTION BY BERNARD POTHIER, September 9, 1964 (Fortress of Louisbourg Report H B 8) - PARAGRAPH E: AUXILIARY FEATURES OF THE BASTION, 1729-1735

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  • PRELIMINARY REPORT ON DAUPHIN BASTION BY BERNARD POTHIER, September 9, 1964 (Fortress of Louisbourg Report H B 8) - PARAGRAPH G: REPAIRS AND ADDITIONS, 1734 - 1745

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  • PRELIMINARY REPORT ON DAUPHIN BASTION BY BERNARD POTHIER, September 9, 1964 (Fortress of Louisbourg Report H B 8) - PARAGRAPH L: THE SECOND OCCUPATION, THE DEMOLITION, AND SUBSEQUENT OCCUPATION, 1758 - PRESENT

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  • THE KING'S - QUEEN'S CURTAIN WALL AND THE OUTER WORKS BY JEAN HANKEY, December 1967 (Fortress of Louisbourg Report H B 9) - THE KING'S - QUEEN'S CURTAIN

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  • THE CHATEAU ST. LOUIS, AS BUILT 1720-1745 BY R. L. WAY JANUARY 6, 1961 (Fortress of Louisbourg Report H C 01) III. PAINTING AND WHITEWASHING to VI . MATERIALS AND FINISHES

• Web fortress.cbu.ca\Search\HF5-6.htm

  • PRELIMINARY HISTORICAL REPORT, ROYAL BATTERY NUMBER 2 By John Humphreys, October 15, 1964 (Fortress of Louisbourg Report Number H F 5) - SECTION II B TURFING

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  • PRELIMINARY HISTORICAL REPORT, ROYAL BATTERY NUMBER 2 By John Humphreys, October 15, 1964 (Fortress of Louisbourg Report Number H F 5) - SECTION II C, ROUGH-CASTING, CRAMPONNING, REVETMENT

• Web fortress.cbu.ca\Search\HF25199502.htm

  • Draft of a Memo on Masonry Finish by [Linda Hoad] In Historical Memoranda Series, 1995, Unpublished Report H F 25 1995 (Fortress of Louisbourg c. 1972) [Linda Hoad, "Interior Finish," In Historians, Preliminary Architectural Studies, Volume 03, Unpublished Report HG 02 (Fortress of Louisbourg, 1972)], Report Number HF 25 1995 02)

• Web fortress.cbu.ca\Search\HG020101.htm

  • Private Masonry Buildings by Brenda Dunn [Christian Pouyez, Editor] In Historians, Preliminary Architectural Studies, Volume 01, Unpublished Report HG 02 (Fortress of Louisbourg, 1972, Report Number HG 02 01 01) - MASONRY BUILDINGS

• Web fortress.cbu.ca\Search\HG020102.htm

  • Charpente Houses (The Timber House) by H. P. Thibault In Historians, Preliminary Architectural Studies, Volume 01, Unpublished Report HG 02 (Fortress of Louisbourg, 1972, Report Number H G 02 01 02)

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  • Paints by Christian Pouyez, In Historians, Preliminary Architectural Studies, Volume 03, Unpublished Report HG 02 (Fortress of Louisbourg, 1972, Report Number HG 02 03 02 E)

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  • Interior Finish by Linda Hoad In Historians, Preliminary Architectural Studies, Volume 03, Unpublished Report HG 02 (Fortress of Louisbourg, 1972, Report Number H G 02 03 03)

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  • DOMESTIC BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AT THE FORTRESS OF LOUISBOURG, 1713 - 1758 By Eric Krause, 1996 Draft Report (Fortress of Louisbourg Report Number H G 10) - CHAPTER ONE, EXTERIOR WALLS

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  • DOMESTIC BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AT THE FORTRESS OF LOUISBOURG, 1713 - 1758 By Eric Krause. 1996 Draft Report (Fortress of Louisbourg Report Number H G 10) - CHAPTER THREE, EXTERIOR WALL INFILLS

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  • DOMESTIC BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AT THE FORTRESS OF LOUISBOURG, 1713 - 1758 By Eric Krause, 1996 Draft Report (Fortress of Louisbourg Report Number H G 10) - CHAPTER FIVE, EXTERIOR WALL FINISHES

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  • DOMESTIC BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AT THE FORTRESS OF LOUISBOURG, 1713 - 1758 By Eric Krause, 1996 Draft Report (Fortress of Louisbourg Report Number H G 10)- CHAPTER SEVEN, ROOFS - ROOF STRUCTURES

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  • DOMESTIC BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AT THE FORTRESS OF LOUISBOURG, 1713 - 1758 By Eric Krause, 1996 Draft Report (Fortress of Louisbourg Report Number H G 10) - CHAPTER TWELVE, DOOR AND WINDOW OPENINGS - DORMERS

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  • DOMESTIC BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AT THE FORTRESS OF LOUISBOURG, 1713 - 1758 By Eric Krause, 1996 Draft Report (Fortress of Louisbourg Report Number H G 10) - CHAPTER FOURTEEN, FLOORS AND CEILINGS - JOISTS

• Web fortress.cbu.ca\Search\9813-2.htm

  • THE BUILT HISTORY OF PORT TOULOUSE, ISLE ROYALE, ACTUAL AND PROPOSED, 1713-1758 BY ERIC KRAUSE (KRAUSE HOUSE INFO-RESEARCH SOLUTIONS), FEBRUARY 28, 1998 - VOLUME ONE: NARRATIVE REPORT, PART ONE, CHRONOLOGY OF BUILT HISTORY EVENTS (1713 - 1768)

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  • THE BUILT HISTORY OF PORT TOULOUSE, ISLE ROYALE, ACTUAL AND PROPOSED, 1713-1758 BY ERIC KRAUSE (KRAUSE HOUSE INFO-RESEARCH SOLUTIONS), FEBRUARY 28, 1998 - VOLUME ONE: NARRATIVE REPORT, PART TWO, INTERPRETATION OF BUILT HISTORY EVENTS: CONSTRUCTION DETAILS (1713 - 1768)

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  • THE BUILT HISTORY OF PORT TOULOUSE, ISLE ROYALE, ACTUAL AND PROPOSED, 1713-1758 BY ERIC KRAUSE (KRAUSE HOUSE INFO-RESEARCH SOLUTIONS) FEBRUARY 28, 1998 - VOLUME FOUR: GLOSSARY OF ISLE ROYALE BUILDING AND FORTIFICATION TERMINOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES

• Web fortress.cbu.ca\Search\Ra983l4k72000_4.htm

  • THE KING'S HOSPITAL - A STRUCTURAL HISTORY OF LOUISBOURG'S BLOCK 13 ROYAL HOSPITAL 1713 - 1960 BY ERIC KRAUSE KRAUSE HOUSE INFO-RESEARCH SOLUTIONS, AUGUST 21, 2000 (Fortress of Louisbourg Report RA983.L4K72000 [2000-140]) - NARRATIVE REPORT, A CHRONOLOGY OF BUILT AND PROPOSED FEATURES, PART ONE, A CHRONOLOGY OF BUILT AND PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION EVENTS (1713 - 1960) - 1744 - 1960

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  • THE KING'S HOSPITAL - A STRUCTURAL HISTORY OF LOUISBOURG'S BLOCK 13 ROYAL HOSPITAL 1713 - 1960 BY ERIC KRAUSE KRAUSE HOUSE INFO-RESEARCH SOLUTIONS, AUGUST 21, 2000 (Fortress of Louisbourg Report RA983.L4K72000 [2000-140]) - PART TWO, AN INTERPRETATION OF BUILT EVENTS HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTION CHECK LIST (1744 - 1745)

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  • The Architecture of Louisbourg, Susann Myers, Restoration Architect, Fortress of Louisbourg

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  • HISTORICAL AUTHENTICITY AND THE USE OF EVIDENCE IN RECONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING THE FORTRESS OF LOUISBOURG By Eric Krause, Historical Records Supervisor, Fortress of Louisbourg, December 1987 (Fortress of Louisbourg Library Report Number H F 89)

• Web fortress.cbu.ca\Search\CanadaM-4.htm

  • PRIVATE BUILDINGS IN LOUISBOURG 1713-1758, Eric R. Krause, in CANADA, June 1974, AN HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, Volume 1, Number 4, LOUISBOURG: A SPECIAL ISSUE

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  • THE AS-BUILT HISTORY OF THE ISLAND BATTERY, 1713 - 1768 BY ERIC KRAUSE, KRAUSE HOUSE INFO-RESEARCH SOLUTIONS, December 31, 2005, VOLUME TW0, REPRODUCED CONSTRUCTION EXCERPTS FROM ASSORTED REPORTS - REPORT 2005-72

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  • FORTRESS OF LOUISBOURG, HISTORICAL TECHNICAL NOTES SERIES, DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE, EXTERIOR HOUSE PAINT (NARRATIVE) By Eric Krause ,A Work in Progress (1977 present) (Krause House Info Research Solutions)

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  • YVON LEBLANC ~ FORTRESS OF LOUISBOURG, PROJECTS PAST AND PRESENT, PAST PROJECT, THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF LOUISBOURG (A General Survey), Notes for course given to the University College of Cape Breton - CHAPTER TWO, EARLY 18TH CENTURY FRENCH CONSTRUCTION, Adapted to Louisbourg Conditions

DISCUSSIONS OF ISSUES IN THE 20TH CENTURY

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  • MAINTENANCE OF THE SITE SEMINAR, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1977, January 24, 1977 (Fortress of Louisbourg Report Number E 20) -MAINTENANCE OF RESTORED OR RECONSTRUCTED EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PERIOD BUILDINGS [E 20 04] BY A. A. MURRANT, GENERAL PARKS MANAGER, FORTRESS OF LOUISBOURG

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  • A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE IN-HOUSE REPORTS PRODUCED BY THE FORTRESS OF LOUISBOURG (1961 - Present) By Eric Krause, Krause House Info-Research Solutions, April, 2004

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  • Database: Structural Design Team Minutes at Louisbourg - 1961-2008 - Best field to search is with a word [like mortar* to capture mortars, etc.] of your choice: "search all fields all at once", then hit "submit query" . Note: next "1 records" with an s means that there are more records. Also don't forget to "click below to see the complete record" to get all the details.

  • For example, here is one example of an interesting account from B 393 09 04 2008 CI

    • Mortar: Engineer at Heritage Conservation Directorate, Ottawa, has specified a Type N 1:1:6 mortar (one part white Portland cement, one part Type SA lime and 6 parts of aggregate). Because of difficulties in purchasing a small quantity of Type SA lime, D. Carter has proposed a Type N pre-mixed mortar from St. Lawrence Cement (awaiting technical data from St. Lawrence). S. Myers has noted availability of another alternative, King 1:1:6 Type N pre-mixed mortar; being used on PWGSC project (Bedford Row Tower) in Halifax for the past year. Although not as good a visual match as the site-mixed 1:1:6 mortar specified (smoother looking mortar and gray in colour), this product meets the specifications in terms of compressive strength and air content, and has proven performance (extensive mortar testing conducted for Bedford Row project). S. Myers distributed test results for King 1:1:6 mortar; will photograph King mortar at Bedford Row and circulate via e-mail ...