City of Vancouver Archives

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

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

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.

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

AM54-S4-: LGN 1257
Item
27 July 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows men on the partially assembled pipes, including (left to right, sitting on scaffolding): F.S. Easton, Hydraulic Engineer for the B.C. Electric Railway Co., and Martin Tracey, Resident Engineer of the Buntzen Lake Power Plant.

[Reconstruction of upper portion of penstocks for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1258
Item
16 Aug. 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the pipes in the process of having the original wood stove sections replaced with rivetted steel sections.

[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.

[Four scenes regarding construction of Buntzen Lake power lines]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1145
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of four photograph prints, showing: men clearing land in forest; horses and supplies next to small dock; power poles and lines; rowboat and supplies in lake near dock.

[Four scenes regarding construction of Buntzen Lake power lines]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1146.1
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of four photograph prints, showing: men raising power poles; supplies near shore; power poles and lines; and electrical towers and lines.

[Four scenes regarding construction of Buntzen Lake power lines]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1146.2
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of four photograph prints, showing: electrical towers in front of mountain; power poles and lines; men working on hillside; and electrical tower surrounded by power poles and trees.

[Partially constructed Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two from Indian Arm]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1163.2
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two from Indian Arm]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1163.3
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Interior of partially constructed high voltage switch room for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1165
Item
21 Feb. 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 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

[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

[Construction of penstock on hillside behind Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1259.1
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Construction of penstock on hillside behind Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1259.2
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Two men and one boy standing in partially constructed hydraulic tunnel from Buntzen Lake for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1260
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially cleared site of the Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two, viewed from Indian Arm]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1262
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men working on partially cleared site of the Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1263
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of partially constructed Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two from Indian Arm]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1169
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Interior of partially constructed power house for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two, showing construction of 2300 volt oil circuit breaker structure]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1170
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed section of Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1171
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photographs shows a partially constructed base for the intake structure of the hydraulic tunnel. The base is constructed to carry a gate house containing three intake gates.