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4:30 a.m. All is in readiness for scow and tugs to haul four catwalk cables across First Narrows. Light dim. Photo taken with f/2 lens wide open at 20 seconds.
5:23 a.m. Three of the eight-ton cables for catwalks have been raised 325 feet above tide mark. Distance between piers is 1550 feet.
Bridge-head in Stanley Park. Steel suspension cables will be held in position on top of the two steel pillars as they pass into cable anchorage below.
Erection of the first sections of steel for the roadbed where it enters Stanley Park. Sections suspended on wire cables hanging from main cable.
Long distance lens gives close-up of painters and electricians putting finishing touches. Cable covering machine at work on left catwalk. These catwalks are steep!
Long-distance lens gives close-up of bridge construction on North Shore. Tower foundations nearly complete. Old P.G.E. [Pacific Great Eastern Railway] tracks show at right.
Painting quickly followed erection of steel. Painter shown at work on North Shore viaduct using spray-gun. Final coat is sea-green.
Sections of Bridge road-bed supported from main cables. Each section is raised from scows. Union Steamship passing.
The 61 strands in each suspension cable are secured to seven steel butts shown above. These butts are set in tons of solid concrete.
View from near top of south Bridge tower looking towards Stanley Park and driveway. The cables on left of catwalk. A steep climb.
At this time the steel work of the South tower was within two sections of top. Picture shows how "creeper" operates, rising with each section.
In mid-June, nine of the road-bed sections are in position between the towers. Looking towards West Vancouver.
Taken by long-distance lens from below cable anchorage on South Shore. North Shore steel is going up. Workmen are wearing steel helmets.
The Union Jack marks "the top" - it is tradition among steel workers to fly the flag when top is reached. "Creeper" has finished its job.
With "creeper" construction completed the first steel of South Shore towers was erected on February 2, 1938. View from Prospect Point.
Powerful crane on "creeper" lifts a section of North Shore tower into position. Note man at lower right steadying section with rope.
"Creeper" is shown in position for erection of the top (and last) section of South tower. Taken from West Vancouver Ferry.
Clamping the last of the 61 wire ropes which go into each cable. One of the cable anchorages on the South Shore.
4:50 a.m. Five minutes later the four catwalk cables were secured on North Shore. "Fispa" is near scow that is hauling cables across.
Another view of the clamping of the 61 strands of one of the two suspension cables in catwalk at south end of Lions Gate Bridge.
At 6:00 a.m. the catwalk cables (from one tower only) were secured. Exactly 6 months later the last of the 8 catwalk cables was taken down.
Due to the tide, the scow carrying this first road section made two attempts before its position was just right for releasing its heavy load of steel.
Long distance lens picture of first section of Bridge roadway. Steel being raised from scow to centre of span. Note the signal man.
Looking down into east cable anchorage on South Shore, showing clamps which secure each of the 61 strands of cable to concrete.
On this date the last of the 61 wire ropes which form each of the suspension cables were secured to their butts in the anchorage.
Only the top steel-work bwetween the two pillars remains to be finished. Roadbed will be laid over the flat cross-bar.
Progress made on construction of pedestrian subway and overhead traffic road at causeway entrance to Stanley Park.
Ready-built sections of catwalks were drawn up two at a time, placed in position and bolted to supporting cables.
Section of suspension cable. Diameter 13 1/2 inches. Cable is wire-wrapped over a cedar covering. 1050 tons in cables.
Steel work on the bridge road-bed is complete and concrete laying on road through Stanley Park finished to bridge head.
Tower piers are finished (South Shore). A few days after this picture was taken work commenced on erection of big steel construction "creeper".
A diver swings into position - lifted by derrick and wire rope. Diver's air-line is being paid out by man on top of bank.
Beginning of the first caisson and general view of construction plant on South Shore from Prospect Point
Granite rocks were dumped inside the edge of this caisson before cement was poured. Pump is carrying off water that has seeped through.
Scow load of granite blocks for facings of the two piers. The stone and cement piers measure twenty feet in height.
View from Prospect Point showing barge which started operations on North Shore waterfront. Note first breakwater and right-of-way slash.
Close-up of South Shore construction plant and trestle erected in connection with underwater foundations for the caissons.
Structural steel workers walk along narrow trestles "away up", even as you and I move along solid sidewalks. Note big crane for lifting steel.
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