City of Vancouver Archives

Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, Vancouver branch. Visit to Lake Buntzen, B.C.

Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, Vancouver branch visit to Lake Buntzen, B.C.

Distribution Engineers B.C.E. Rly. Vancouver, B.C. Aug. 1 '13

First Annual Dinner. B.C. Electric Social Club. Nov. 15 '13.

[Fleet of battery operated trucks used by B.C. Electric Arc Lamp Department (street light employees)]

[Group of men assembled in front of interurban railway cars decorated for opening of Saanich Interurban Railway]

[Group of men gathered to watch the opening of the Saanich Interurban Railway]

[Head and shoulders studio portrait of B.C. Electric Railway Company General Manager R.H. Sperling]

High maintenance. Old type of shoes C-63. Scrap shoes taken off night inspection Prior St. Feb'y.

Low maintenance. M-799 steel back shoes. Scrap shoes taken off night inspection Prior St. Feb'y.

[Man driving the last spike for the Saanich Interurban Railway]

[Man on sluicing flume for construction of Coquitlam Dam]

[Man seated in electrically operated coupe style car]

[Man sitting in back seat of electrically operated passenger coupe style car]

[Man standing outside electric storage battery coupe style car]

[Men gathered in Buntzen Lake Power Plant's number two high tension switch room for concert celebrating the completion of the building]

[Men gathered under trees for opening of Saanich Interurban Railway]

[Men on platform outside interurban railway cars decorated for opening at Saanich Interurban Railway]

[Men standing in woods near Coquitlam Dam site]

[Men turning sod for B.C. Electric Railway Company's Fraser Valley line]

[Men with horse-drawn carriage on 2100 block of 48th Avenue, looking west towards West Boulevard]

[Men working in B.C. Electric testing lab, located above the car barn building on Main Street]

[Partially constructed penstocks for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

[Sir Richard McBride driving the last spike of the B.C. Electric Railway Company's Fraser Valley line to Chilliwack, B.C.]

[Sir Richard McBride leading crowd in cheer after driving in the last spike of the B.C. Electric Railway's Fraser Valley line to Chilliwack, B.C.]

[Three men on float in False Creek conducting an electrolysis survey]

[Three men, including Distribution Engineer Mr. Busch (in bowler hat), on float in False Creek conducting an electrolysis survey]

[Two men at partially constructed driveway at east end of C.P.R. station]

[Two men with tennis racquets standing on front step of B.C. Electric Lawn Tennis Club at 41st Avenue and Laurel Street]

[Various scenes regarding the activities of the B.C. Electric Railway Company]

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