City of Vancouver Archives

[Lower portion of concrete smoke stack from reconstruction of Vancouver Steam Plant]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1127
Item
[1910?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Trestle across permanent spillway channel of Coquitlam Dam, carrying flume from the borrow pit to the dam site]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1134
Item
20 May 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, showing flumes and hydraulic monitor sluicing material from the borrow pit]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1135
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Coquitlam dam site covered in snow, showing flume and settling pond]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1136
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Coquitlam Dam site covered in snow, showing trestle supported flume and construction camp]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1137
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Coquitlam Dam construction site, showing trestle and monitor in partially excavated area]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1138.1
Item
[1911?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men operating monitor at Coquitlam Dam construction site]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1138.2
Item
[1911?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men clearing rocks at Coquitlam Dam construction site]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1138.3
Item
[1911?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men clearing rocks from Coquitlam Dam construction site]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1138.4
Item
[1911?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men standing in partially excavated area of Coquitlam Dam construction site]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1138.5
Item
[1911?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Pipes and rocks in partially excavated area of Coquitlam Dam construction site]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1138.6
Item
[1911?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men standing next to trestle at Coquitlam Dam construction site]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1138.7
Item
[1911?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, showing stepped concrete core wall and hydraulic monitor]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1139
Item
[1911?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially cleared Coquitlam Dam site, looking up Coquitlam Lake]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1140
Item
[1911?]

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.

[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.

[Underground cable manholes for Haro Street substation]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1149
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

[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 dam area and construction camp]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1152.2
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Partially constructed Coquitlam Dam, showing dam area and construction camp]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1152.3
Item
[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

[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

[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.

[Steel frame of partially constructed Horne Payne substation]

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

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men constructing steel frame of Horne Payne substation]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1176
Item
31 July 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Horne Payne substation construction site, viewed from the west]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1177
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Partially cleared site for Horne Payne substation, covered in snow]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1178
Item
[1913?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Construction of main generating room for Buntzen Lake Power Plant number two]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1179
Item
20 June 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

[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

[Partially constructed Timms residence at Langley Prairie]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1206
Item
[191-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Base of "H" frame wood pole structure at south side of Second Narrows of Burrard Inlet]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1214
Item
26 Feb. 1914

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows partially constructed base of poles used to carry power lines across the Burrard Inlet to North Vancouver.

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

AM54-S4-: LGN 1252
Item
2 May 1914

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

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

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

Part of Major Matthews collection

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.