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First rough grading of roadway through Stanley Park near bridge-head. Now a fine concrete driveway.

Granite rocks were dumped inside the edge of this caisson before cement was poured. Pump is carrying off water that has seeped through.

Rough grading of driveway through Stanley Park finished. Pathway banks have been seeded with grass

Scow load of granite blocks for facings of the two piers. The stone and cement piers measure twenty feet in height.

View from Prospect Point showing barge which started operations on North Shore waterfront. Note first breakwater and right-of-way slash.

A diver swings into position - lifted by derrick and wire rope. Diver's air-line is being paid out by man on top of bank.

Beginning of the first caisson and general view of construction plant on South Shore from Prospect Point

[The Lions Gate (First Narrows) Bridge under construction]

Close-up of South Shore construction plant and trestle erected in connection with underwater foundations for the caissons.

Structural steel workers walk along narrow trestles "away up", even as you and I move along solid sidewalks. Note big crane for lifting steel.

Commencement of construction plant on South Shore, seen from lookout, Prospect Point. Buttments and first derrick in position.

Construction of number two caisson framework from Prospect Point. Bridge ferry-boat is seen heading for North Shore Plant

South Shore. Near the floor shown, tons of earth engulfed and and crushed a worker - the only fatality of entire bridge construction

Stuart Cameron and Company workmen placing granite facings of South piers. Huge blocks were cut to fit and numbered and brought by barge.

Surveyor's stakes show cut-off of Lost Lagoon. Present road now curves almost through center of this picture. Road now flanked with pathway.

367 days after this picture was taken the "Empress of Japan" passed under the Lions Gate Bridge steel construction having been completed.

Big 61-strand cables which support roadway, pass down these concrete "steps" into the cable anchorage on South Shore

[The Lions Gate (First Narrows) Bridge under construction]

[View of the Lions Gate (First Narrows) Bridge under construction]

[The Lions Gate (First Narrows) Bridge under construction]

One of the "cellars" cut out of solid blue clay will be walled with concrete for cable anchorages on South Shore. Note steel reinforced rods.

Bridge construction plant from Prospect Point. Everything in readiness for commencing the two caissons.

Building rock-filled cribbing at water's edge on South Shore which are foundations for derricks. Rocks and logs brought by scows

Erection of the first sections of steel for the roadbed where it enters Stanley Park. Sections suspended on wire cables hanging from main cable.

Long distance lens gives close-up of painters and electricians putting finishing touches. Cable covering machine at work on left catwalk. These catwalks are steep!

Long-distance lens gives close-up of bridge construction on North Shore. Tower foundations nearly complete. Old P.G.E. [Pacific Great Eastern Railway] tracks show at right.

Painting quickly followed erection of steel. Painter shown at work on North Shore viaduct using spray-gun. Final coat is sea-green.

Sections of Bridge road-bed supported from main cables. Each section is raised from scows. Union Steamship passing.

The 61 strands in each suspension cable are secured to seven steel butts shown above. These butts are set in tons of solid concrete.

View from near top of south Bridge tower looking towards Stanley Park and driveway. The cables on left of catwalk. A steep climb.

4:30 a.m. All is in readiness for scow and tugs to haul four catwalk cables across First Narrows. Light dim. Photo taken with f/2 lens wide open at 20 seconds.

5:23 a.m. Three of the eight-ton cables for catwalks have been raised 325 feet above tide mark. Distance between piers is 1550 feet.

Bridge-head in Stanley Park. Steel suspension cables will be held in position on top of the two steel pillars as they pass into cable anchorage below.

[View of the Lions Gate Bridge under construction on the north shore]

[Ship approaching the Lions Gate Bridge under construction]

[The Lions Gate Bridge under construction]

[An unidentified man standing on the Lions Gate (First Narrows) Bridge during construction]

[The Lions Gate (First Narrows) Bridge under construction]

At this time the steel work of the South tower was within two sections of top. Picture shows how "creeper" operates, rising with each section.

In mid-June, nine of the road-bed sections are in position between the towers. Looking towards West Vancouver.

Taken by long-distance lens from below cable anchorage on South Shore. North Shore steel is going up. Workmen are wearing steel helmets.

The Union Jack marks "the top" - it is tradition among steel workers to fly the flag when top is reached. "Creeper" has finished its job.

With "creeper" construction completed the first steel of South Shore towers was erected on February 2, 1938. View from Prospect Point.

Powerful crane on "creeper" lifts a section of North Shore tower into position. Note man at lower right steadying section with rope.

[View from Prospect Point of the Lions Gate Bridge under construction]

[View from the Prospect Point signal station of the Lions Gate Bridge under construction]

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