City of Vancouver Archives

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

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

[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 wooden penstocks for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1748
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[The crew after erecting the last B.C.E.R. transmission line pole]

AM54-S4-: Out P130
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait showing Joseph Rogers, Robert Walker and others

[Rebuilding of upper end of penstocks 1 to 4 for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: LGN 817
Item
27 July 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows large trench between pipes.

[Rebuilding of upper end of penstocks 1 to 4 for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: LGN 818
Item
27 July 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows various sections of pipe on ground.

[Replacement of upper sections of wood stove penstocks for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: LGN 821
Item
6 Aug. 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows partially excavated pipes in foreground and part of Indian Arm in the distance.

[Scaffolding surrounding partially constructed power house building for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 849
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Scaffolding surrounding partially constructed power house building for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 850
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Assembly of 72" butterfly valve for Vancouver Power Co. [used for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1216.07
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph is a copy of a technical drawing produced by the Pelton Water Wheel Company.

Bearing of a gland for 72" butterfly valve [used for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1216.08
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of a technical drawing produced by the Pelton Water Wheel Company.

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.

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

AM54-S4-: LGN 859
Item
27 Sept. 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a group of men assembled behind railing of gate house of Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two.

[Wires outside electrical power house]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1770
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Workers, scaffolding and machinery in excavated area for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1763
Item
[190-?]

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

Cylinder support for 6'-6" needle intake valve [used for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1216.09
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of a technical drawing produced by the Pelton Water Wheel Company.

Details of valve stem and indicator rod for 6'-6" needle intake valve [used for Buntzen Lake Power Plant]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1216.13
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph negative is a copy of a technical drawing produced by the Pelton Water Wheel Company.

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

AM54-S4-: Out N983
Item
[192-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Men laying power cables under Smithe Street

AM54-S4-: LGN 990
Item
May 6, 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows men laying two 11,000 volt cables under street. Photograph shows The corner of Smithe Street and Granville Street looking east.

[B.C. Electric tower]

AM1184-S1-: CVA 1184-3135
Item
[between 1940 and 1948]

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

[Close-up view of a portion of a hydro electric dam]

AM1184-S1-: CVA 1184-3138
Item
[between 1940 and 1948]

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

[Electrical circuit box]

AM1184-S1-: CVA 1184-2973
Item
[195-?]

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

[Hydro electric dam]

AM1184-S1-: CVA 1184-3136
Item
[between 1940 and 1948]

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

B.C. Electric Power Plant, North Arm Burrard Inlet

AM1559-: CVA 258-45
Item
1923

Part of Hubert William Lovell fonds

Photograph was taken in the summer.

Cheakamus power survey for City of Vancouver, 1930-1931 : mass curves showing Cheakamus River discharge : sheet no. 2 to accompany report of E.A. Cleveland dated November 30th 1931

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Map consists of a graph showing the discharge in acre feet of the Cheakamus River at Watson, 1917-1926, and the Cheakamus River near Daisy Lake, 1926-1930. Map created to accompany E.A. Cleveland's "Report on a Preliminary Investigation of the Cheakamus River Power Possibilities made for the City of Vancouver." Map has been numbered Tube 55.

Cheakamus power survey for City of Vancouver, 1930-1931 : plan showing proposed development at Cheakamus Lake : sheet no. 3 to accompany report of E.A. Cleveland dated November 30th 1931

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Map is a plan of the proposed development of the Cheakamus Lake for hydroelectric power. Includes a capacity diagram of Cheakamus Lake with dam at section A-B and a plan of the proposed dam site. The map also shows elevations and types of terrain. Map created to accompany E.A. Cleveland's "Report on a Preliminary Investigation of the Cheakamus River Power Possibilities made for the City of Vancouver." A note on the map reads "Traverse from Sta. 257-50 to Sta. 371-10 by C.W. Williams 1923, Cheakamus Lake from plan by Williams (1923) except soundings as shown." Map has been numbered Tube 56.

Cheakamus power survey for City of Vancouver, 1930-1931 : plan showing proposed development near McGuire and Brandywine : sheet no. 4 to accompany report of E.A. Cleveland dated November 30th 1931

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Map is a plan showing the proposed hydroelectric development near McGuire and Brandywine Creek. Map was created to accompany E.A. Cleveland's "Report on a Preliminary Investigation of the Cheakamus River Power Possibilities made for the City of Vancouver." Map has been numbered Tube 57.

Cheakamus power survey for City of Vancouver 1930-1931 : plan showing proposed development from Garibaldi Lake to Daisy Lake : sheet no. 10 to accompany report of E.A. Cleveland dated November 30th 1931

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Map is a topographical plan showing a proposed hydroelectric development in the Cheakamus River area, between Garibaldi Lake and Daisy Lake, and a profile along the tunnel and pipeline route. Included on the map are Daisy Lake, Garibaldi Lake, Cheakamus River, various creeks, including Parnassus Creek and Scott Creek, bluffs, and ponds. Also indicated on the map are the locations of a pipeline, tunnel and tunnel intake, the Daisy Lake Trail and other trails, a construction shaft, proposed dam, proposed Daisy Lake Reservoir, and the power station for the Garibaldi-Daisy Lake Development. The map was created to accompany E.A. Cleveland's "Report on a Preliminary Investigation of the Cheakamus River Power Possibilities made for the City of Vancouver."

Stave Falls power plant

AM1535-: CVA 99-1329
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

[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

Hotel Vancouver

AM54-S4-1-S-3-: S-3-1
Item
[ca. 1905]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the first Hotel Vancouver (with extension) on the southwest corner of Granville Street and Georgia Street

[Group of men standing next to partially constructed wooden penstock for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1670
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Lower portion of concrete stack on boiler house roof of the Vancouver Steam Plant]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1195
Item
[1914?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Man operating winch in partially cleared area for construction of Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1785
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Man standing in lane near second electric power house in Vancouver near Pender and Abbott Streets]

AM54-S4-: Bu N94
Item
[1931?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows building as it appears in 1931. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Men constructing hydraulic tunnel for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 847
Item
21 Feb. 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men erecting power pole at Commercial Drive and Eleventh Avenue]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1147
Item
28 Mar. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Uneeda Pharmacy at 2700 Commercial Drive and houses at 2622 and 2626 Commercial Drive.

[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

[Men working under scaffolding in partially excavated area for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1784
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Horse dragging cart out of partially excavated tunnel for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1675
Item
29 Sept. [190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Interior of B.C. Electric Railway Company Limited power station]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1693
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Interior of hydraulic tunnel for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 856
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Interior of power house of Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two, showing low voltage switch gallery]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1255
Item
15 May 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

[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.

[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

[Partially constructed Brentwood Bay Steam Plant, showing reinforced concrete smoke stack and fuel oil storage tank]

AM54-S4-: LGN 894
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed Buntzen lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1677
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed electrical tower]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1710
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[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.

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