Railroads--Construction

Filling the trestle at Mile 2.2 K.V.R. : Moving the shovel back at finish of 2nd cut

AM427-S4-F2-: CVA 289-002.453
Item
[ca. 1923]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Filling the trestle at Mile 2.2 K.V.R. : Showing method of blocking up the deck

AM427-S4-F2-: CVA 289-002.446
Item
[ca. 1923]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Filling the trestle at Mile 2.2 K.V.R. : Shows dip in the trestle

AM427-S4-F2-: CVA 289-002.431
Item
July 10, [ca. 1923]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Filling the trestle at Mile 2.2 K.V.R. : The boom of the shovel

AM427-S4-F2-: CVA 289-002.456
Item
[ca. 1923]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Filling the trestle at Mile 2.2 K.V.R. : The material castover at end of second cut [west side of trestle]

AM427-S4-F2-: CVA 289-002.443
Item
[ca. 1923]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Filling the trestle at Mile 2.2 K.V.R. : The section foreman on his speeder

AM427-S4-F2-: CVA 289-002.458
Item
[ca. 1923]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Filling the trestle at Mile 2.2 K.V.R. : The shovel digging

AM427-S4-F2-: CVA 289-002.457
Item
[ca. 1923]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Filling the trestle at Mile 2.2 K.V.R. : The shovel digging, a corner of the cut falling

AM427-S4-F2-: CVA 289-002.451
Item
[ca. 1923]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Filling the trestle at Mile 2.2 K.V.R. : The shovel loading

AM427-S4-F2-: CVA 289-002.452
Item
[ca. 1923]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Filling the trestle at Mile 2.2 K.V.R. : The shovel starting into the second cut

AM427-S4-F2-: CVA 289-002.454
Item
[ca. 1923]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Filling the trestle at Mile 2.2 K.V.R. : The top of the trestle showing dust

AM427-S4-F2-: CVA 289-002.427
Item
July 4, [ca. 1923]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Filling the trestle at Mile 2.2 K.V.R. : The trestle empty

AM427-S4-F2-: CVA 289-002.424
Item
June 27, [ca. 1923]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Filling the trestle at Mile 2.2 K.V.R. : The trestle from the hillside

AM427-S4-F2-: CVA 289-002.436
Item
July 18, [ca. 1923]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Filling the trestle at Mile 2.2 K.V.R. : Unloading the tender

AM427-S4-F2-: CVA 289-002.442
Item
[ca. 1923]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Freight sheds [at Great Northern Railway terminal construction site at False Creek]

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.008
Item
7 Feb. 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Great Northern Railway terminal construction at False Creek]

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.009
Item
7 Feb. 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows cranes and pipes on muddy ground.

[Great Northern Railway terminal construction at] False Creek

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.021
Item
2 Apr. 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows partially constructed station building, as well as cranes and construction debris.

[Great Northern Railway terminal construction at False Creek]

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.007
Item
7 Feb. 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows cranes and stacks of lumber.

[Great Northern Railway terminal construction at] False Creek

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.006
Item
1 Dec. 1916

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows pipes and other structures at swampy area of False Creek.

[Great Northern Railway terminal construction at] False Creek

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.013
Item
28 Feb. 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows wooden structure near contractor's shed.

[Great Northern Railway terminal construction at False Creek]

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.012
Item
7 Feb. 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows pipes and wooden structure near shed.

[Great Northern Railway terminal construction at] False Creek

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.014
Item
28 Feb. 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows cranes and pipes on snow covered ground.

[Great Northern Railway terminal construction at] False Creek

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.018
Item
2 Apr. 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows wooden structure near contractor's shed.

[Great Northern Railway terminal construction at] False Creek

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.020
Item
2 Apr. 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows cranes and stacks of stone slabs.

Interior construction progress photograph of the CPR Pier "D"

AM358-S1---: CVA 152-1.083
Item
June 25, 1914

Part of H.A. Price collection

Image shows sign that says "Westinghouse Church Kerr & Co, Engineers-Constructors, Canadian Pacific Ry, Jetty Pier, Vancouver B.C., June 2514".

Looking east from Broadway in cut June 2,1913 Shovel at Grade

AM1376-: CVA 113-3
Item
June 6, 1913

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Item is a photograph looking east from Broadway during railway construction. Possibly of bridge at Victoria drive.

[Looking east from the bluff near the foot of Howe Street]

AM54-S4-: Wat P17
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows part of the C.P.R. wharf, the proposed C.P.R. station site and Princess Louise tree in the background

[Men at Great Northern Railway terminal construction site at] False Creek

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.017
Item
28 Feb. 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Men gathered on and around C.P.R. work train and steam shovel in Selkirk Mountains]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1468
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Men standing in front of C.P.R. locomotive at Beaver Creek, B.C.]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1134
Item
[1903?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Men standing with horses near C.P.R. steam shovel and flatbed cars in Selkirk mountains]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1469
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

[Men with pile driving machinery on C.P.R. line at Sicamous]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1132
Item
[1905]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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

No. 1 construction C.N.R. Station, Vancouver, B.C. April 18, 1910.

AM1376-: CVA 113-4
Item
Apr. 18, 1910

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Item is a photograph showing construction by the Vancouver, Victoria, and Eastern Railway and Navigation Company.

No. 5 Construction V.V. & E Railway & Navigation Co. Depot. Vancouver B.C.

AM1376-: CVA 113-6
Item
Sept. 8, 1916

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Item is a photograph showing construction of a depot by the Vancouver, Victoria, and Eastern Railway and Navigation Company.

No. 8 Construction. V.V. & E Railway and Navigation Co., Vancouver, B.C.

AM1376-: CVA 113-2
Item
[ca. 1913]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Item is a photograph showing railway construction by the Vancouver, Victoria, and Eastern Railway and Navigation Company.

[Photograph of the CPR Dunsmuir Tunnel False Creek east portal, Mile 130.2 Cascade Subdivision]

AM358-S1---: CVA 152-6.12
Item
[1930 - 1933]

Part of H.A. Price collection

Photograph shows the Dunsmuir Tunnel's portal on False Creek. Image includes train signal (mile marker 130.2) and the Sun Tower.

[Pier "D"]

AM358-S1---: CVA 152-9.05
Item
[1924]

Part of H.A. Price collection

Photograph shows Pier "D". View is looking north in Vancouver Harbour from the third CPR station.

Proposed additional team tracks & driveways & proposed removal of buildings at Vancouver, B.C.

AM965-: 1987-12.1
Item
Jan. 1911

Part of Walter A. Grecula collection

Item is a portion of a map which has been annotated to show proposed trackage and construction changes at the Great Northern Railway depot in Vancouver at the south-east corner of Carrall Street and Pender Street.

Great Northern Railway

Proposed amended layout for connections from C.P.R. to properties between Woodland Drive and Salisbury Drive

COV-S365-: LEG1967.09
Item
May 27, 1915

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Vancouver (B.C.). Engineer's Office

[Rails being laid near Buntzen Lake]

AM54-S4-1-S-4-: S-4-6
Item
[ca. 1902]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Rails under construction near a tunnel at Lake Buntzen (Beautiful)]

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-2557
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Railway shops at New Westminster rail yard

AM1661-: CVA 238-18
Item
1967

Part of Frank Appelbe fonds

Item is a photograph showing a train car and railway shops at New Westminster rail yard. Shops were constructed in 1966/67 and opened April 1967.

Road to [Canadian Northern Railway] freight shed, False Cr[eek]

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.048
Item
31 Aug. 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows men building road to freight shed. Original extent of False Creek can be seen in the background.

[Rock cut between railroad tunnels 15 and 16]

AM54-S4-: Out P195
Item
[ca. 1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Rock cutting at Salmon [Nahatlatch] River

AM54-S4-: Can N126
Item
1885; reproduced 1955

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a hand car

Rock cutting between tunnels near Fraser River Crossing

AM54-S4-: Can N118
Item
1885; reproduced 1955

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Rock slide along C.P.R. line under construction]

AM54-S4-: Can P191
Item
[ca. 1885]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Site looking east from old station. [Construction progress photograph of the third CPR station]

AM358-S1---: CVA 152-1.010
Item
Apr. 16, 1913

Part of H.A. Price collection

Progress photograph for Westinghouse, Church, Kerr, & Co. of the CPR Vancouver Terminal Pier "D". View is looking east from the second CPR station. Photograph shows the semi-completed foundation, the Dominion Express Co. building and the Kelly Douglas Company building.

Stanley Park railway

VPK-S652-: MI-108
Item
[after 1947]-[1983]

Part of Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation fonds

Item is a documentary film documenting the Stanley Park Miniature Railway and other recreational activities in the park. The b&w footage of this film documents the construction of the miniature railway including bulldozing of the land and building of the railway tracks. It also contains footage of a ceremony involving hammering in the last spike as well as footage of the train running along the tracks in full operation carrying passengers and arriving at a station filled with crowds of people waiting to take a ride. The colour footage of this film documents other recreational activities in the park such as people doing arts and crafts, archery, and the 19th Annual Sandbox Contest. Collingwood Park is also documented in the film with footage of children participating in a tug of war and high jump. There is also footage of an unidentified ceremony involving a musical band, flag raising and balloon releasing.

[Steam locomotive and construction engine and crew near Salmom River Bridge]

AM54-S4-: Out P187
Item
[1892 or 1893]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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