City of Vancouver Archives

[The Vancouver, Eburne, Terra Nova Royal Mail motor stage on Granville Street at 15th Avenue]

AM54-S4-: Trans P89
Item
1912

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows William K. Mellis and the Shaughnessy Mansions under construction

[View of Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one from Indian Arm]

AM54-S4-: LGN 819
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews 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

Men using crane to erect Lumberman's Arch on Pender Street near Hamilton Street, for visit of Duke of Connaught

AM54-S4-: Arch N38.1
Item
[Sept. 1912]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Men using crane to erect Lumberman's Arch on Pender Street near Hamilton Street, for visit of Duke of Connaught

AM54-S4-: Arch N38.3
Item
[Sept. 1912]

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

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

AM54-S4-: LGN 823
Item
16 Aug. 1912

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows men woking on partially completed section of pipe.

[Top of surge tank of hydraulic tunnel for Buntzen Lane Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1180
Item
22 July 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Steel frame of partially constructed Horne Payne substation]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1175
Item
19 Aug. 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed Horne-Payne substation]

AM54-S4-: LGN 887
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed Jordan River Power Plant, showing Forebay Reservoir and penstock intake control valves]

AM54-S4-: LGN 901
Item
28 July 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed Jordan River Power Plant, showing tailrace discharge from original power units in power house]

AM54-S4-: LGN 903
Item
28 July 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

AM54-S4-: LGN 839
Item
17 May 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows railway track and pipe leading up hill.

[Partially contructed Jordan River Power Plant, showing north end of Amburson type concrete dam]

AM54-S4-: LGN 899
Item
28 July 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Various views of Buntzen Lake Power Plant]

AM54-S4-: LGN 971
Item
[1913?]

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.

[View of Coquitlam Lake and Coquitlam Dam construction camp]

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

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Scaffolding and equipment for construction of Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 824
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Section of partially constructed Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 837
Item
17 May 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

"Yorkshire Building" for Yorkshire Guarantee and Securities Corporation Ltd. Messrs. Somerville and Putnam architects. Dominion Construction Coy. contractors

AM54-S4-: LGN 553
Item
29 Apr. 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows building under construction

[Men constructing steel frame of Horne Payne substation]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1176
Item
31 July 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men installing Babcock and Wilcox boiler drums at Brentwood Bay Steam Plant]

AM54-S4-: LGN 895
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men sluicing materials in borrow pit of Coquitlam Dam]

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

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men standing outside surge tank of hydraulic tunnel from Buntzen Lake]

AM54-S4-: LGN 830
Item
22 July 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men working on foundation of power house extension for Jordan River Power Plant]

AM54-S4-: LGN 904
Item
28 July 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

[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

[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

[Inclined railway and penstocks for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two

AM54-S4-: LGN 835
Item
20 June 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows tracks and pipes leading up hill.

[Interior of partially constructed generator room for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 851
Item
14 Apr. 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 1168.2
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.