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 showing contractors' tunnel camp and lower half of new dam site
Part of Major Matthews collection
Coquitlam Dam tug for lake clearing
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Photograph shows the tugboat under construction
Coquitlam Dam view of headworks channel cut looking towards headworks
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Photograph shows the drag bucket and tipple
Coquitlan Dam view of exploration cut along Mr. Schuyler's proposed tunnel line
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Photograph shows the point midway between pins 1600, 200N and 1700, 250N
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Lake Buntzen tunnel enlargement [showing] train load of "muck" [being dumped] into lake
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Lake Buntzen tunnel enlargement [showing] train load of miners returning to tunnel after dinner
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Lake Buntzen tunnel enlargement looking west from end of siding
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Photograph shows Mr. H. Peterson on the right
[Coquitlam Dam construction site, showing trestle and monitor in partially excavated area]
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[Four views of Coquitlam Dam construction]
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]
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[View of] Tunnel camp on shore of Lake Buntzen
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Photograph shows the outfall of the Coquitlam-Buntzen hydraulic tunnel with a measuring weir in the foreground
[Three view of Coquitlam Dam construction]
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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
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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]
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.
[Three views of Coquitlam Dam construction]
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]
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West end portal of hydraulic tunnel on cliff above No. 2 power plant - at early stage of excavation
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Group portrait
Floating railway track carried on cedar logs across Lake Buntzen
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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]
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Face of cliff and start of rock excavation on site of No. 2 plant
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Part of Major Matthews collection
No. 2 shaft of hydraulic tunnel to carry water from Lake Buntzen to No. 2 power plant
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[Men digging diversion tunnel through rock bluff at east end of Coquitlam Dam site]
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[Coquitlam Dam site covered in snow, showing trestle supported flume and construction camp]
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[Four views of Coquitlam Dam and Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two construction
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
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Photograph shows water below flumes of Coquitlam Dam.
[Three views of completed Coquitlam Dam]
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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]
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South end of Coquitlam Lake, taken from co-ord. 15.1090 on 4th July 1913
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[View of Coquitlam Lake and Coquitlam Dam construction camp]
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[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, looking east at edge of tree covered hillside]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, showing dam area and construction camp]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, showing trestle supported flume and hydraulic monitors]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, showing trestle supported flume]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, showing upstream side of dam]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, showing upstream toe of dam]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Road around mountain to Coquitlam Dam]
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[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, looking along centre line of dam site]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, looking northeast toward borrow pit]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Partially constructed Coquitlam dam, looking west along centre line of dam]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, showing the sluicing of material from the adjacent borrow pit]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, showing upstream side of dam]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Three views of Coquitlam Dam construction]
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.]
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Panorama of dam site taken from co-ord. 2800.0 on 30th May 1913
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Photograph shows partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, looking west on centre line of dam.
View of settling pond taken from 750.0 looking towards 600.0 on 24th June 1913
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Photograph shows partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, looking east on centre line of dam.
[Construction site for Coquitlam Dam, showing construction camp, flumes and borrow pit]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Coquitlam Dam site covered in snow, looking west along line of upstream]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Coquitlam dam site covered in snow, showing flume and settling pond]
Part of Major Matthews collection