City of Vancouver Archives

[A construction engine hauling lumber for the construction of Buntzen Lake Dam]

AM54-S4-1-S-4-: S-4-35
Item
[ca. 1902]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[A man on a wire attached to a branchless trees]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1171
Item
[192-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a steam donkey

[A "Sullivan" compressor powered by a "Caterpillar" engine during construction of the Hope-Princeton Road]

AM54-S4-: Out P521.3
Item
Aug. 23, 1946

Part of Major Matthews collection

[A "Sullivan" compressor powered by a "Caterpillar" engine on the Royal Engineers' Trail during construction of the Hope-Princeton Road]

AM54-S4-: Out P521.4
Item
[ca. 1947]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[A"Caterpillar" Diesel D8 tractor with a Hyster double drum tractor and a donkey hoist at the Bridge River Project]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1327
Item
Aug. 21, 1946

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Buildings and machinery in partially cleared area]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1764
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

["Caterpillar" equipment being used during the Hope-Princeton (Princeton-Hesley) Road construction]

AM54-S4-: Out P521.2
Item
June 12, 1947

Part of Major Matthews collection

["Caterpillar" equipment being used during the Hope-Princeton (Princeton-Hesley) Road construction]

AM54-S4-: Out P521.1
Item
June 12, 1947

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Construction of main generating room for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1179
Item
20 June 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

[C.P.R. construction crew and steam shovel at Moutain Creek]

AM54-S4-: Can P118
Item
June 1888

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Derrick for lifting transformers to transformer house of Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1253
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Electric wiring and machinery in grist mill and pump]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1155
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Guide vane gauge for 6'-6" needle intake valve [used for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1216.01
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of a technical drawing produced by the Pelton Water Wheel Company.

[Hoisting equipment for elevator installation]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1200.2
Item
28 Jan. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Hoisting equipment for elevator installation]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1200.1
Item
28 Jan. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Interior of partially constructed power house for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two, showing assembly of the turbine and generator]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1168.2
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Interior of partially constructed power house for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two, showing assembly of the turbine and generator]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1168.1
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Interior of power house of Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two, showing 2300 volt Buswork and instrument transformers]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1254
Item
11 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Interior of salmon cannery, showing equipment and machinery]

AM54-S4-: LGN 690
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Loggers with donkey engine and railway engine in forest]

AM54-S4-: LGN 517
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of two photograph prints, one showing men standing with engines and pile of logs, and the other showing men standing with engines pulling logs toward flatbed railway car. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Logging by Caterpillar tractor near Elk River]

AM54-S4-: Log P8.1
Item
Sept. 1937

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Logging with Caterpillar tractor near Elk River]

AM54-S4-: Log P8.2
Item
1939

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Machinery and debris at shoreline area]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1705
Item
18 Oct. [190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Machinery for La Fontine towed by a covered wagon on the Cariboo Road]

AM54-S4-: Out P433
Item
1898

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Machinery inside B.C. Electric Railway Company Limited power building]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1700
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Machinery inside Buntzen Lake Dam]

AM54-S4-1-S-4-: S-4-63
Item
[ca. 1902]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Machinery inside Buntzen Lake Dam powerhouse]

AM54-S4-1-S-4-: S-4-5
Item
[ca. 1903]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Machinery inside Buntzen Lake Dam powerhouse]

AM54-S4-1-S-4-: S-4-14
Item
[ca. 1903]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Machinery on tracks at entrance to partially excavated tunnel for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1690
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Machinery, poles and pulleys, and other structures on partially cleared hillside for construction of Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1777
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Man operating winch in partially cleared area for construction of Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1785
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men loading logs onto flatbed railway cars with donkey engine]

AM54-S4-: LGN 516
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Men producing lumber with machinery in forest]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1668
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men with machinery on tracks next to stream]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1791
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Pelton-Doble hydraulic valves used for power plant penstocks]

AM54-S4-: LGN 962
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Pelton-Doble hydraulic valves used for power plant penstocks]

AM54-S4-: LGN 963
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Piece of cable damaged by electrical arcing]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1221.1
Item
[191-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Pipe fittings for hydraulic operating valve [used for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1216.02
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of a technical drawing produced by the Pelton Water Wheel Company.

["Rees Roturbo Chamber" at an unidentified site]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-2452
Item
[ca. 1913]

Part of Major Matthews collection

The Loader, loading logs on cars with [a] donkey engine.

AM54-S4-: LGN 509
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows two men using a donkey engine to move logs onto flatbed railway cars.

[Three men and one woman standing near electrically powered machinery in Fraser Valley]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1154
Item
[1912?

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Two men dangling between two branchless trees]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-1170
Item
[192-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a steam donkey

[Upper portion of penstock number one for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1256
Item
11 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows section of penstock, butterfly valve and air vent intake pipe in background, and section for assembly of penstock number two behind beam of erection derrick.