Wharves warehouses lined the waterfront , along with the city 's prison at Rockhead and major defence installations such as HMC Dockyard and Stadacona ( formerly HMCS Stadacona and Wellington Barracks , now part of CFB Halifax ) . Much of this infrastructure , along with the neighbourhood of Richmond , was damaged or destroyed in a disastrous accident on 6 December 1917 , commonly referred to as the Halifax Explosion
Halifax Explosion
Halifax Explosion
North End, Halifax