[Partially constructed hydraulic tunnel for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]
- AM54-S4-: LGN 862
- Item
- [1913?]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Partially constructed hydraulic tunnel for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Smythe St. between Howe and Granville. April 28 '14.
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 laying power cables under Smithe Street]
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.
[Men laying power cables under Smithe Street]
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.
[Various scenes regarding the activities of the B.C. Electric Railway Company]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph negative is a copy of nine photograph prints, showing: interior of Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one; New Westminster Bridge over Fraser River; railway line east of Huntington; loading strawberries at Douglas Road on the Burnaby Lake line; Columbia Street, New Westminster; two farming scenes; panoramic view of town; and B.C. Electric Railway sightseeing car. Negative was created to produce lantern slides of the nine images.
[Various scenes regarding the activities of the B.C. Electric Railway Company]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph is a copy of five photograph prints, showing: men working near sluice in excavated area; man standing next to monitor; man writing in notebook; group of men assembled outside house; and man seated in chair on outdoor deck. Negative was created to produce lantern slides of the five images.
[Various scenes regarding the activities of the B.C. Electric Railway Company]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph negative is a copy of four photograph prints, showing: people assembled on porch for Director's visit to construction site; partially constructed Coquitlam Dam; water flowing through temporary gates of dam; and construction site for Coquitlam Dam. Negative was created to produce lantern slides of the four images.
[Various scenes regarding the activities of the B.C. Electric Railway Company]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph negative is a copy of three photograph prints, showing: men standing next to railway tracks in partially excavated tunnel; man standing next to monitor releasing water into cleared area; and men standing with tools in partially excavated tunnel. Negative was created to produce lantern slides of the four images.
[Various scenes regarding the activities of the B.C. Electric Railway Company]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph negative is a copy of four photograph prints, showing: man standing on partially built structure; group of men assembled on porch of house; and two views of construction site of dam or power plant. Negative was created to produce lantern slides of the four images.
[Various scenes regarding the activities of the B.C. Electric Railway Company]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph negative is a copy of four photograph prints, showing: partially constructed tunnel opening; wooden buildings at edge of water; construction of tunnel opening, showing men operating monitors; and interior of concrete portal and tunnel for Coquitlam Dam. Negative was created to produce lantern slides of the four images.
[Men on float in False Creek to determine electric currents from streetcar tracks in Fairview area]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Men in photograph include Distribution Engineer Mr. Busch (in bowler hat), and Assistant Engineer R. Lyon (in cloth cap).
[Pelton-Doble hydraulic valves used for power plant penstocks]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Pelton-Doble hydraulic valves used for power plant penstocks]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Various views of Buntzen Lake Power Plant]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph negative is a copy of four photograph prints showing: power plant number two viewed from Indian Arm; partially constructed high voltage switch room of power plant number two; partially constructed interior generator room of power plant number two; and power plant number one viewed from Indian Arm. Negative was created to produce lantern slides of the four images.
[Various scenes regarding activities of the B.C. Electric Railway Company]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph negative is a copy of six photograph prints showing: interior of interurban car "Connaught"; head office building illuminated with electric lights; interior of partially constructed Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two; illuminated arches on Granville Street for visit of Duke of Connaught; view of Burrard Inlet; New Westminster interurban depot decorated for visit of Duke of Connaught. Negative was created to produce lantern slides of the six images.
[Various scenes regarding activities of the B.C. Electric Railway Company]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph negative is a copy of six photograph prints, showing: head office building on Carrall Street; woman sketching next to Fraser Valley interurban line near Sumas Lake; view of Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one from Indian Arm; view of partially constructed Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two from Indian Arm; parade for Duke of Connaught passing B.C. Electric head office; and military inspection by the Duke of Connaught in front of Vancouver Courthouse. Negative was created to produce lantern slides of the six images.
[Lower portion of concrete smoke stack from reconstruction of Vancouver Steam Plant]
Part of Major Matthews collection
B.C. Electric Power Plant, North Arm Burrard Inlet
Part of Hubert William Lovell fonds
Photograph was taken in the summer.
Part of Hubert William Lovell fonds
Photograph was taken in the summer.
[Looking north along the Second Narrows Bridge]
Part of James Crookall fonds
Photograph shows a power transmission tower in the middle of the harbour
Part of James Crookall fonds
Lower Mainland Regional Plan : light and power distribution
Part of Community Planning Association of Canada, British Columbia Division fonds
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows the remains of a building, a burned street car and a man standing on an electrical transformer
[Old power house at Buntzen Lake]
Part of James Luke Quiney fonds
[Palace Livery Stables, Burrard Street]
Photograph shows the stables, snow-covered street and north shore mountains in the background..
[Looking east along the 600 block of] Hastings Street
Photograph shows S. Blackson, tobacconist at the corner of Granville and Hastings Streets and other buildings on Hastings Street.
Photograph shows a float sponsored by B.C. Electric in the Pacific National Exhibition parade along Hastings Street.
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."
Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection
Map is a topographical plan of the Cheakamus River area from a point southward near Mile 34, Pacific Great Eastern Railway, showing elevations and a trail. 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." Map has been numbered Tube 62.
Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection
Map is a topographical plan showing the proposed hydroelectric development on the Cheakamus River near Mile 19, Pacific Great Eastern Railway. Indicated on the map are the locations of tunnels, dams, by-passes, pipelines, the railway line, and the power station for the Cheakamus Canyon 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." Map has been numbered Tube 59.
Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection
Map is a topographical plan showing the proposed diversion works on the Cheakamus River near Mile 19, Pacific Great Eastern Railway. Indicated on the map are the locations of tunnels, dams and the railway line. 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." Map is numbered Tube 60.
Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection
Map is a topographical plan showing the area from Alpha Lake to Cheakamus River, above Mile 34, Pacific Great Eastern Railway. Indicated on the map are the locations of the Mons Gauging Site, a suggested dam site, trails, the old wagon road, the railway line, and Millar Creek. 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." Map has been numbered Tube 61.
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.
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.
Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection
Map is a plan of the proposed storage reservoir at Daisy Lake on the Cheakamus River. The map includes a plan of the topography of the proposed dam site, a log of borings, and a capacity diagram at Daisy Lake Reservoir. Also included are elevations, power stations, pipelines and the Pacific Great Eastern Railway line. 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." Map has been numbered Tube 58.
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.
Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection
Map is a plan showing the location of power houses, dams and pipes for the Garibaldi-Daisy Lake development, Cheakamus Lake-McGuire, McGuire-Brandywine, Cheakamus Canyon and Daisy Lake Dam areas. 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."
Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection
Map is a plan showing the location of power houses, dams and pipes for the Garibaldi-Daisy Lake development, Cheakamus Lake-McGuire, McGuire-Brandywine, Cheakamus Canyon and Daisy Lake Dam areas. 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."
[Utility poles and transmission lines in a Downtown alley]
[Men erecting a power pole during construction of the] Coquitlam-Buntzen tunnel
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Reinhart Hoffmeister with the first electric generator that he built]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[B.C. Electric Railway Company's Lake Buntzen power house from the water]
Part of Major Matthews collection
3rd Avenue Prince Rupert, B.C.
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Electric generator building on dam]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[A man at work on electric generators on dam]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
[View of] Tunnel camp on shore of Lake Buntzen
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows the outfall of the Coquitlam-Buntzen hydraulic tunnel with a measuring weir in the foreground
[The crew after erecting the last B.C.E.R. transmission line pole]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Group portrait showing Joseph Rogers, Robert Walker and others
[C.P.R. crossing under construction on Cordova between Seymour and Granville Streets]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows the end of the depot that held the Dominion Government Immigration Office.