Section men and watchman's shanty, summit of Selkirks
- AM54-S4-: SGN 1471
- Item
- [189-?]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
Section men and watchman's shanty, summit of Selkirks
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
[Steam locomotive and construction engine and crew near Salmom River Bridge]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Men digging foundation for C.P.R. bridge at] Hastings
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Group portrait of C.P.R. Construction Crew]
Part of Major Matthews collection
The man seated on the far left between two children are Mr. William Edward Grant
[C.P.R. construction engine between Gore and Dunlevy Avenues]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[C.P.R. right of way under construction]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows the old Hastings-Granville bridge and road.
[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.
Part of Major Matthews collection
[C.P.R. bridge crew at the foot of Carroll Street]
Part of Major Matthews collection
People identified: Thomas and Mrs. Stewart and their son.
[Construction of retaining wall in front of Grasshopper Trestle]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[C.P.R. construction crew and steam shovel at Moutain Creek]
Part of Major Matthews collection
The Jigger [C.P.R. construction car]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Grasshopper Trestle 3 miles above Keefers
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a hand car
Chinese Village opposite Keefers
Part of Major Matthews collection
H.B. Smith's temporary quarters, 12 miles above Keefers
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Erection of Oil tank [Construction of the CPR fuel oil tanks]
Part of H.A. Price collection
Photograph shows the construction of the CPR fuel oil tanks on the Vancouver waterfront. Image includes men working on the CPR tracks.
Tunnel near Yale B.C. [with men sitting on handcar]
Northshore Terminal Railway - Vancouver Harbour
Part of Samuel S. Magoffin fonds
Item is an amateur film showing the work of the S.S. Magoffin & Co. Limited Railway Contractors company, likely during construction of the North Shore Terminal Railway in North Vancouver. Activities documented include the blasting and clearing of soil and rock by work crews and steam shovels, locomotives transporting soil and rock, and railway cars dumping the soil. Also included is footage of a barge used to transport a steam shovel and locomotive, and the offloading of the steam shovel from the barge. The film also shows the clearing of land with a brush fire and men using hoses to control the fire, as well as men working on the track. There are several shots of unidentified individuals, possibly including Vancouver Harbour Commissioners, throughout the film; Sam Magoffin appears briefly with three other men at 15:56 (third from the left). The film finishes with a shot of locomotives moving soil, with the Vancouver skyline in the background.
Vancouver Harbour Northshore Terminal [Railway]
Part of Samuel S. Magoffin fonds
Item is an amateur film showing the work of the S.S. Magoffin & Co. Limited Railway Contractors company during construction of the North Shore Terminal Railway in North Vancouver. Activities documented include the blasting and clearing of soil and rock with steam shovels, railway cars transporting and dumping soil over a trestle and men sawing railway ties. Includes many scenes of workers and other individuals, possibly including Vancouver Harbour Commissioners, footage of land owned by the B.C. Mills Timber and Trading Company Limited.
Swimming pool construction and railway construction camp
Part of Samuel S. Magoffin fonds
Item is an amateur film containing footage of the construction of a swimming pool at the Magoffin’s residence, Rockhaven, at 3612 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, and Sam and Margaret Magoffin swimming in the pool with friends. The film also shows Margaret standing in front of Rockhaven. The film then cuts to footage of a sign reading “Multnomah” and then to a street scene in an unidentified city showing cars and people and a group of young boys looking up at the camera. Also included is footage of three men standing near some bunkhouses in a desert-like environment, perhaps near Magoffin’s Lyon Creek project, as well as some track and the outside of a tunnel and equipment. The film finishes with a view of a railway trestle and track and one man sitting in a car and one man standing next to the car, in what appears to be the same location.