City of Vancouver Archives

Coquitlam Dam showing contractors' tunnel camp and lower half of new dam site

AM54-S4-1-L-17-: L-17-45
Item
1911

Part of Major Matthews collection

Coquitlam Dam tug for lake clearing

AM54-S4-1-L-17-: L-17-69
Item
1911

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the tugboat under construction

Coquitlam Dam view of headworks channel cut looking towards headworks

AM54-S4-1-L-17-: L-17-43
Item
1911

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the drag bucket and tipple

Coquitlan Dam view of exploration cut along Mr. Schuyler's proposed tunnel line

AM54-S4-1-L-17-: L-17-33
Item
1911

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the point midway between pins 1600, 200N and 1700, 250N

Lake Buntzen tunnel enlargement [showing] "mucking crew" boring sown rock from roof of enlarged portion of tunnel

AM54-S4-1-L-17-: L-17-84
Item
1911

Part of Major Matthews collection

Lake Buntzen tunnel enlargement [showing] train load of "muck" [being dumped] into lake

AM54-S4-1-L-17-: L-17-86
Item
1911

Part of Major Matthews collection

Lake Buntzen tunnel enlargement [showing] train load of miners returning to tunnel after dinner

AM54-S4-1-L-17-: L-17-87
Item
1911

Part of Major Matthews collection

Lake Buntzen tunnel enlargement looking west from end of siding

AM54-S4-1-L-17-: L-17-91
Item
1911

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Mr. H. Peterson on the right

[Coquitlam Dam construction site, showing trestle and monitor in partially excavated area]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1138.1
Item
[1911?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Four views of Coquitlam Dam construction]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1305
Item
[1911?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of four photograph prints, showing: hydraulic monitors sluicing materials to build up dam; partially cleared area at the shore of Coquitlam Lake, before the raising of water levels; downstream view of construction of original dam; and flumes and trestles used in dam construction. Negative was created in order to produce lantern slides of the four images.

[Men standing in woods near Coquitlam Dam site]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1141
Item
[1911?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of] Tunnel camp on shore of Lake Buntzen

AM54-S4-1-L-17-: L-17-6
Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the outfall of the Coquitlam-Buntzen hydraulic tunnel with a measuring weir in the foreground

[Three view of Coquitlam Dam construction]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1306.2
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of three photograph prints, showing: upstream side of original dam, showing bridge across spillway of dam, construction of flume trestle, and camp buildings; upstream view of construction of new dam, showing trestle supports for flumes, gatehouse for river diversion valves, diversion channel, and cableway tower; and view of construction from east end, showing camp buildings, diversion channel, cable from cableway, and riprap on upstream face of dam. Negative created in order to produce lantern slides of the three images.

Buntzen-Coquitlam hydro-electric development - Key map

AM54-S4-: LGN 1297
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of a technical drawing showing profiles of hydraulic tunnels for the Coquitlam Dam and the Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two; and of a map showing the Lower Mainland area. Negative was created in order to produce lantern slides of the two images.

[Four views of Coquitlam Dam construction]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1303
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of four photograph prints, showing: downstream side of dam, showing concrete encased New Westminster water main; and three views of the new Westminster Water Works intake tower. Negative was created in order to produce lantern slides of the four images.

General view of Burquitlam Golf Links

AM427-S4-F1-: CVA 289-001.167
Item
[1911 or 1912]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

[Three views of Coquitlam Dam construction]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1306.1
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of three photograph prints, showing: upstream side of original dam, showing bridge across spillway of dam, construction of flume trestle, and camp buildings; upstream view of construction of new dam, showing trestle supports for flumes, gatehouse for river diversion valves, diversion channel, and cableway tower; and view of construction from east end, showing camp buildings, diversion channel, cable from cableway, and riprap on upstream face of dam. Negative created in order to produce lantern slides of the three images.

[Water flowing from diversion tunnel through rock bluff at east end of Coquitlam Dam site]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1294.2
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

One of the tees, Burquitlam Golf Club

AM427-S4-F1-: CVA 289-001.165
Item
[1911 or 1912]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

West end portal of hydraulic tunnel on cliff above No. 2 power plant - at early stage of excavation

AM54-S4-1-L-17-: L-17-1
Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait

Floating railway track carried on cedar logs across Lake Buntzen

AM54-S4-1-L-17-: L-17-3
Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the access from the tunnel camp trackage to the hydraulic tunnel leading to Plant No. 2

[Coquitlam Dam construction camp and borrow pit]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1279
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Club House, Burquitlam Golf Club

AM427-S4-F1-: CVA 289-001.166
Item
[1911 or 1912]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Face of cliff and start of rock excavation on site of No. 2 plant

AM54-S4-1-L-17-: L-17-4
Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Head works of construction shaft No. 1 on hydraulic tunnel from Lake Buntzen to serve No. 2 power plant

AM54-S4-1-L-17-: L-17-5
Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of Major Matthews collection

No. 2 shaft of hydraulic tunnel to carry water from Lake Buntzen to No. 2 power plant

AM54-S4-1-L-17-: L-17-7
Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Street view with Coquitlam Hotel

AM1376-: CVA 359-37
Item
1912

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

[Men digging diversion tunnel through rock bluff at east end of Coquitlam Dam site]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1294.1
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Coquitlam Dam site covered in snow, showing trestle supported flume and construction camp]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1137
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Four views of Coquitlam Dam and Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two construction

AM54-S4-: LGN 1290
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of four photograph prints, showing: early excavation at Buntzen Lake power house site; view looking up Coquitlam Lake from east end of dam, showing cleared shores that will be submerged when water levels are raised; trestle work for Coquitlam Dam; and downstream view of original Coquitlam Dam, showing construction sawmill in the background. Negative was created in order to produce lantern slides of the four images.

View of settling pond taken from 1200.0 looking to 1400.0 on 24th June 1913

AM54-S4-: LGN 1283
Item
24 June 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows water below flumes of Coquitlam Dam.

[Three views of completed Coquitlam Dam]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1292
Item
[Dec. 1913]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph is a copy of three photograph prints, showing: view along centre line of dam, showing water flowing over spillway in the foreground and bridge and reservoir to the right; view from lake side towards spillway, showing spillway bridge and gatehouse; and view of downstream side of dam from west bank, showing spillway through rock cup on the right and the borrow pit in the background. Negative was created to produce lantern slides of the three images.

[Men sluicing materials in borrow pit of Coquitlam Dam]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1151
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

South end of Coquitlam Lake, taken from co-ord. 15.1090 on 4th July 1913

AM54-S4-: LGN 885
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of Coquitlam Lake and Coquitlam Dam construction camp]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1278
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, looking east at edge of tree covered hillside]

AM54-S4-: LGN 865
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, showing dam area and construction camp]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1152.1
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, showing trestle supported flume and hydraulic monitors]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1293.2
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, showing trestle supported flume]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1293.4
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, showing upstream side of dam]

AM54-S4-: LGN 877
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, showing upstream toe of dam]

AM54-S4-: LGN 873
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Baptist Sunday School, Coquitlam, B.C.

AM491--
File
[between 1912 and 1913]

Part of John P. Matheson & Son, Architects fonds

File consists of the following types of drawings: foundation and floor plans, cross sections, elevations and sections.

[Road around mountain to Coquitlam Dam]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1150
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, looking along centre line of dam site]

AM54-S4-: LGN 879
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, looking northeast toward borrow pit]

AM54-S4-: LGN 866
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed Coquitlam dam, looking west along centre line of dam]

AM54-S4-: LGN 870
Item
20 May 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, showing the sluicing of material from the adjacent borrow pit]

AM54-S4-: LGN 880
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, showing upstream side of dam]

AM54-S4-: LGN 876
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Three views of Coquitlam Dam construction]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1287
Item
[1913?

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of three photograph prints, showing: view of upstream side of dam; view along centre line of dam; and view of downstream side of dam. Negative was created in order to produce lantern slides of the three images.

[Upstream side of partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, showing construction camp in the distance.]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1285
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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