City of Vancouver Archives

[Man with generator near man laying streetcar tracks, for reconstruction of Hastings, Main and Harris (Georgia) Street lines]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1068.08
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Reinhart Hoffmeister with the first electric generator that he built]

AM54-S4-: Port P1008
Item
1945

Part of Major Matthews collection

Van[couver] sub station pelton wheel warehouse, Trout Lake

AM54-S4-: Out N982
Item
[192-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men laying power cables under Smithe Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 989
Item
6 May 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows men laying two 11,000 volt cables under street. Photograph shows Smithe Street looking east towards Granville Street.

[Men laying power cables under Smithe Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 988
Item
6 May 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows men laying two 11,000 volt cables from large spool. Photograph shows Smithe Street looking west towards Granville Street.

Smythe St. between Howe and Granville. April 28 '14.

AM54-S4-: LGN 986
Item
28 Apr. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows men laying electric power cables (containing three stranded copper conductors and insulated with impregnated papers) under the street. Photograph shows Smithe Street looking east from Granville Street.

[Men on float in False Creek to determine electric currents from streetcar tracks in Fairview area]

AM54-S4-: LGN 960
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Men in photograph include Distribution Engineer Mr. Busch (in bowler hat), and Assistant Engineer R. Lyon (in cloth cap).

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

AM54-S4-: LGN 1269.3
Item
6 May 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

AM54-S4-: LGN 1269.2
Item
[6 May 1914]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

AM54-S4-: LGN 1269.1
Item
6 May 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows three men with equipment on a small float, and two men in canoes nearby.

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

AM54-S4-: LGN 1268
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Electrically operated bus used by the Dunsmuir Hotel to meet boats at the dock]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1267.3
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Electrically operated bus used by the Dunsmuir Hotel to meet boats at the docks]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1267.2
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Electrically operated bus used by the Dunsmuir Hotel to meet boats at the docks]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1267.1
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Electrically operated bus used by the Lotus Hotel to meet boats at the docks]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1266
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Electric storage battery operated truck outside B.C. Electric Railway Co. building on Carrall Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1265
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men using a storage battery operated truck to haul reels of cable at the south side of False Creek]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1264.3
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men using a storage battery operated truck to haul reels of cable at the south side of False Creek]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1264.2
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men using a storage battery operated truck to haul reels of cable at the south side of False Creek]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1264.1
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Newly installed power poles on Burrard Street, looking south from near Dunsmuir Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1242
Item
9 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Power lines and supporting structure in lane west of Main Street at Pender Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1241
Item
10 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows power lines, houses with businesses operating on ground floors, and a portion of the City Hall building.

[Power lines over intersection of Cambie and Pender Streets]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1240
Item
10Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows intersection, looking northwest towards Victory Square.

[View of Burrard Street near Nelson Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1239
Item
9 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows newly installed power poles, houses, and the First Baptist Church.

[Newly installed power poles at the southeast corner of Hastings and Burrard Streets]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1238
Item
9 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows power poles, planks over muddy road, and the Townley residence on the corner.

[View of southeast corner of Pender and Burrard Streets]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1237
Item
9 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows power poles, houses on Burrard Street, and the Charleson Black building at the corner, containing businesses and apartments.

[View of northeast corner of Pender and Burrard Streets]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1236
Item
9 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows parked car, power poles, house, and other buildings.

[Power poles and pruned trees on Burrard Street near Pender Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1235
Item
9 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Newly installed power poles at Burrard and Haro Streets]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1234
Item
9 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of Cambie Street, looking south from near Pender Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1233
Item
10 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows parked cars, power lines over the street, and various buildings, including a hospital building at the corner of Pender and Cambie Streets.

[View of power lines over lane west of Main Street, looking south from near Pender Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1232
Item
[1914?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Power lines over lane near Pender and Main Streets]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1231
Item
10 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows electric power lines and support structure, and part of the Sherman Hotel.

[View of Burrard Street, looking southwest from near Davie Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1230
Item
10 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows power lines, houses, and the Burrard Court apartment building at 1237 Burrard Street.

[View of power poles, looking east along the 1600 block of Venables Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1229
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Power lines in front of the Grandview Sheet Metal Works building at 1685 Venables Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1228
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shoes high voltage power pole, with cradle guards under the power lines.

[Base of "H" frame wood pole structure at south side of Second Narrows of Burrard Inlet]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1214
Item
26 Feb. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows partially constructed base of poles used to carry power lines across the Burrard Inlet to North Vancouver.

[Partially laid cable ducts in the sidewalk of the Georgia Viaduct]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1203
Item
[1914?]

Part of Major Matthews collection