Britannia Beach, BC

2013.6.36.1.045.05
Item
30 Sept. 1975

Photograph taken in Britannia Beach looking at the Ana-Canada Britannia Mines Ltd. Image captured the view of the concentrated ore dock with BC Rail in the foreground. The mine was closed on November 1, 1974.

BC Rail Britannia Beach

2013.6.36.1.045.14
Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the end view of northbound freight in Britannia Beach. Britannia Copper Mine is located to the right of the image.

BC Rail Britannia Beach

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Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts northbound freight in Britannia Beach.

BC Rail Squamish yards

2013.6.36.1.045.17
Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts northbound freight in Britannia Beach. A concentrator (copper) of Ana-Canada Company is found in the background.

Britannia Beach concentrator mill

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Item
30 Sept. 1975

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a concentrator mill. The mine was closed for good on November 1, 1974. An auction of all residual equipment took place in August 1975. B.C. Museum of Mining is located mid-right of the photo.

Britannia Beach concentrator mill

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Item
30 Sept. 1975

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a concentrator mill. The mine was closed for good on November 1, 1974. An auction of all residual equipment took place in August 1975.

Britannia Beach general view of yards

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Item
30 Sept. 1975

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the general view of the yards of the Anaconda Britannia Mine. Visible is the main portal and the top of ore bins. Images displays railway shops at the rear, with locomotive #4 and powder car found in the middle distance.

Britannia Beach mine electric railway

2013.6.36.1.054.25
Item
30 Sept. 1975

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a derelict mine electric railway. Some equipment was auctioned in August, 1975 after the mines closure on November 1, 1974. Visible is a man car (also called a trip car or a jitney).

Britannia Beach mine electric railway

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Item
30 Sept. 1975

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a derelict mine electric railway. Visible is auctioned equipment awaiting removal. Equipment included an 18 ton, locomotive #4, and ten hopper cars. Anaconda Britannia Mine had closed on November 1, 1974.

Britannia Beach mine electric railway

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Item
30 Sept. 1975

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a derelict mine electric railway . Visible is one of four surviving large flat cars at the Anaconda Britannia Mine. It was sold at the auction that was held in August, 1975 after the mine was closed on November 1, 1974.

Britannia Beach mine electric railway

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Item
30 Sept. 1975

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a derelict mine electric railway in Britannia Beach. Visible is an ambulance car that was painted silver and was made of steel. It was likely to be cut up on site for scraps. Anacanada Britannia Mine closed on November 1, 1974.

Britannia Beach mine electric railway

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Item
30 Sept. 1975

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a mine electric railway. Visible are some of 10 remaining hopper cars that were awaiting removal to, possibly, Yukon after the auction in August, 1975.

Britannia Beach mine electric railway

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Item
30 Sept. 1975

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a mine electric railway. Visible is a powder car that was painted red and head a wooden box. It was used twice weekly on the explosives haul till the Anaconda Britannia Mine was closed on November 1, 1974.

Britannia Beach mule locomotive

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Item
30 Sept. 1975

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photo depits a mule locomotive. A contractor from Calgray won the contract to remove the rails of the Anaconda Britannia Mine that was closed on November 1, 1974. The contractor bought the locomotive to do the job. It pulled out 2000-3000 ft. of twin sets of rails from the far end of a tunnel to open air at this point. Then, it unbolted them further into lengths and stocked them for shipment possibly to the Yukon.

Britannia Beach mule trolley

2013.6.36.1.054.27
Item
30 Sept. 1975

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a mule trolley locomotive, formerly Anaconda Britannia Mines Ltd. #1. It was owned by a demolition contractor.

Britannia Beach rail retrieval train

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Item
30 Sept. 1975

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a rail retrieval train that was used by a contractor. Rail at this location was scarce as it was acquired for use elsewhere.

Britannia Beach railway equipment

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Item
30 Sept. 1975

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a view of some of the auctioned mine railway equipment in the yards of the Anaconda Britannia Mine. Visible on the left are repair shops and dump ore cars. On the left are flat cars including one with pole support used to depoit graphite grease on an overhead copper cable.

Britannia Copper Mine access to main haulage tunnel

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Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the access point, which is via this portal, from the yard to the main haulage tunnel at the Britannia Copper Mine.

Britannia Copper Mine collection owner

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Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a rare photograph of the owner of the railway collection in Britannia Beach.

Britannia Copper Mine CRHA

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Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts members of the Pacific Coast branch of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association.

Britannia Copper Mine CRHA

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Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts members of the Pacific Coast branch of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association.

Britannia Copper Mine derelict trackage

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Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts derelict trackage on Britannia Beach wharf. Trackage was last used in about 1955-57. Davies noted fitments that were used to carry overload line.

Britannia Copper Mine derelict traction wheels

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Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts derelict traction wheels found behind a railway workshop in Britannia Beach.

Britannia Copper Mine equipment

2013.6.36.1.054.14
Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts what Davies catogorizes to be an "oddball" piece of equipment found in Britannia Beach.

Britannia Copper Mine flat car

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Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts one of the 8 flat cars at the Britannia Copper Mine.

Britannia Copper Mine hopper car

2013.6.36.1.054.13
Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts one of the 23 ore hopper cars built by Vancouver Iron and Engineering Company Ltd., Vancouver in about 1942.

Britannia Copper Mine line portal

2013.6.36.1.054.03
Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts what was believed to be locomotive #3 that was built by Jeffrey and was found on the main yard line.

Britannia Copper Mine line portal

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Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts locomotive #1 that was used as an ore bin switcher.

Britannia Copper Mine line portal

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Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the main haulage line's portal in Britannia Beach.

Britannia Copper Mine line portal

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Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts trackage between the haulage portal and ore bins found in Britannia Beach.

Britannia Copper Mine line portal

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Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts part of the trackage north of a railway workshop that was not in use.

Britannia Copper Mine locomotive

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Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts locomotive #6, built by General Electric. It used to carry 12 people half a mile into the mountain of the Britannia Copper Mine.

Britannia Copper Mine locomotive

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Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts what was believed to be locomotive #3 that was built by Jeffrey and was found on the main yard line.

Britannia Copper Mine locomotive

2013.6.36.1.054.09
Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts locomotive #1 that was spotted 100 yards south of an ore bin in Britannia Beach.

Britannia Copper Mine locomotive

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Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts locomotive #6 at the portal of the main haulage tunnel in Britannia Beach.

Britannia Copper Mine locomotive

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Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts locomotive #8 built by Baldwin and was presumably the oldest amongtst the locomotives at the Britannia Copper Mine. It was only used for track maintenance.

Britannia Copper Mine moran cars

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Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts two moran cars that were used for hauling ready-mixed cement.

Britannia Copper Mine mule trolley

2013.6.36.1.054.07
Item
30 Sept. 1975

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a mule trolley locomotive #1 that purchased in August 1975 by a demolition contractor from Calgary. It was used to remove rails from the main haulage line.

Britannia Copper Mine railway workshop and car yard

2013.6.36.1.054.15
Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a railway workshop and car yard, west of the main portal of the main line in Britannia Beach. Locomotive #5 is visible.

Britannia Copper Mine railway workshop and car yard

2013.6.36.1.054.32
Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a railway workshop and car yard, west of the main portal of the main line in Britannia Beach. Locomotive #5 is visible.

Britannia Copper Mine railway workshops

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Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Phoro depicts railways workshops in Britannia Beach.

Britannia Copper Mine tunnel

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Item
[8 June 1974]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a dead end 100 yard tunnel beyond the ore bins in Britannia Beach. Davies notes that it was easier to tunnel than to make a track shelf.

Compressed air locomotive, Britannia Beach

2013.6.36.1.053.17
Item
[7 July 1980]

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a compressed air mine locomotive on exhibition at the roadside in Britannia Beach.

Derelict mine electric railway, Britannia Beach

2013.6.36.1.054.10
Item
30 Sept. 1975

Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a derelict mine electric railway. Some equipment that was auctioned in August 1975 included locomotive #4, a trolley, and 10 bottom dump hopper cars that were used to carry crushed ore.

Industrial Railways - Britannia Copper Mine