Industries

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  • Resource industries (eg. mining, forestry, fishing, etc.)
  • Resource industry cooperatives
  • Processing, packing and shipping industries
  • Construction, ship building
  • Salvage companies and operations
  • SEE ALSO: Agriculture; Business and Commerce; Transportation and Utilities

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          1971 Archival description results for Industries

          1971 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
          2000.1.1.2.01 · File · [195-]
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          This file contains photograph from early construction of Cassiar Mine and townsite. Photographs were stapled to inter-office correspondence paper and sent with pages of photo descriptions. Photographs have been removed and rehoused, maintaining original order.

          2000.1.1.1.29 · File · [197-?]
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photographs of asbestos milling in Welshpool, Australia. Collection depicts the mazza machine, mixing plant, beam rollers, paper machine, asbestos feeder, asbestos store house, asbestos transport, bower separator, laboratory equipment, curling box rollers, pipe turning lathe, pipe flexural tester and pipe coupling multi parter.

          Photographs
          2009.7.1 · Series · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1939]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Series consists of images pertaining the Collison family, North Coastal First Nations communities, means of transportation along North Coastal British Columbia, and various church structures and religious events.

          2009.7.3 · Series · 1878-1929
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Maps within this series document the placer streams, islands and harbours of the Queen Charlotte Islands; as well as the mining properties located within the vicinity of Stewart, BC.

          2009.7.1.249 · Item · ca. 1880-1920
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Large crowd is gathered around main building in a harbor. Many boats visible in foreground. Smoke from tugboat partially obscures the scene. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert BC. Photo by MCrae Bros."

          2009.7.1.273 · Item · [ca. 1880-1920]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph of a small vessel on the ocean with a dock and harbour buildings in the foreground. Tents and piles of lumber can be seen among the buildings. Annotation on recto reads: "The Wharf, Prince Rupert, BC. 1657." Printed annotation on verso reads "The Wharf, Prince Rupert, BC J. Howard A. Chapman, Victoria. BC. 1657."

          2009.7.1.248 · Item · ca. 1880-1920
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Head on shot of steam engine traveling through a pass with mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: "First Passenger Engine to reach Prince Rupert." Annotation on recto reads: "First Passenger Engine at Prince Rupert." Photographer' stamp in bottom right corner of recto reads : "Allen Photo."

          2009.7.1.264 · Item · [ca. 1880-1920]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Illustration of a large ocean liner in dry dock. The name "Minnesota" is inscribed on the top right side of vessel. Annotation on recto reads: "William T. Donnelly Consulting Engineer 17 Battery Place Tel. Rector 1491 20000 tons pontoon floating dry dock Prince Rupert, BC"

          Across the bay
          2009.7.1.276 · Item · [ca. 1880-1920]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph of the bay at dusk. Trees and distant machinery are silhouetted against a cloudy sky and dark waterfront. Annotation on recto reads: "Across the Bay, Prince Rupert, BC No 4466."

          2009.7.1.247 · Item · ca. 1880-1920
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photo of entire ship building plant, including several vessels in the foreground. Hills are visible in the background. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert Ship Repair and Ship Building Plant. Prince Rupert BC. Frank E Kirby, William T Donnelly, Engineers. 17 Battery Place. NYC."

          2002.1 · Collection · 1887-1999

          The Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Society Collection consists primarily of textual, photographic, and cartographic records related to the regional developments of the railway industry in Northern BC. A predominant portion of the collection is made up of material from the Canadian National Railway; other railways represented include the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, the British Columbia Railway (BC Rail), the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, the Grand Trunk Railway, the Intercolonial Railway, and the Okanagan Express. Significant geographical areas covered include Prince George, the Peace River Region, Terrace, Bulkley Valley, Hazelton and Prince Rupert.

          The forestry industry is represented in the collection with operational and financial records from Fyfe Lake Sawmill Ltd., which operated southwest of Prince George in the 1950s.

          The collection has been organized into series according to creator, each of which also has been arranged to subseries, file and item level, where applicable. This collection consists of eight series, as follows:

          1) Canadian National Railway
          2) Grand Trunk Railway
          3) Pacific Great Eastern Railway
          4) British Columbia Railway (BC Rail)
          5) Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)
          6) Intercolonial Railway
          7) Fyfe Lake Sawmill ltd.
          8) PGRFM
          9) Photographs

          Bullion Mines Collection
          2000.15 · Collection · 1894 - 1925

          The fonds consists of six company ledgers: 1894 - 1896, 1896, 1898 - 1901, 1900, 1904 - 1905, 1923 - 1926. Also includes 15 pages of correspondence and notes. The ledgers note expenses for various operations in the mine and in the company owned premises in town. The letters and notes concern the purchase of explosives for the mine and discusses the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Company.

          Bullion Mines
          Ledgers
          2000.15.1 · Series · 1894 - 1926
          Part of Bullion Mines Collection

          Series consists of 6 ledgers which record expenses for the mine and various other company owned premises in town.

          Correspondence
          2000.15.2.1 · File · 1895-1896
          Part of Bullion Mines Collection

          File contains letters and notes from October 31, 1895 to March 30, 1896 concerning the purchase of dynamite for the mine.

          Correspondence
          2000.15.2 · Series · 1895 - 1896
          Part of Bullion Mines Collection

          Series consists of one file of letters and notes from October 31, 1895 to March 30, 1896 concerning the purchase of dynamite for the mine.

          Bullion Mines Ledger
          2000.15.1.2 · Item · 1896-1989
          Part of Bullion Mines Collection

          File contains a record of the mine’s monthly expenses from August 31, 1896 to October 1898. Pages 1 - 67 are torn out and missing.

          2006.45.17 · Item · [ca. 1897]
          Part of Historical North Coast Photograph Album

          View of town on shore, from above. Boats docked along piers and buildings. Hills visible on either side of water in background.

          Handwritten photo captions with arrows pointing to sections of image read: "General Merchandise", "Fort Wrangell Hotel".

          2006.45 · Fonds · [ca. 1897]

          Contains photographs generally depicting landscapes, water scenes, and views of towns on British Columbia's north coast. Includes images featuring sternwheelers and other boats, canneries, fisheries, and individuals. Locations depicted include Port Essington and Port Simpson (Lax Kw’alaams) in BC, Fort Wrangell in Alaska, and other unknown towns. Includes one photograph of a man named Max Lohbrunner, and many other images depicting unidentified individuals.

          A cannery
          2004.2.1.71 · Item · 1898-1920
          Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

          Photograph depicts a cannery on pilings with a body of water in the foreground and houses and trees in the background.

          Photographs
          2004.2.1 · Series · [ca. 1898]-1960, prominent 1900-1920
          Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

          The images consists primarily of 130+ photographs taken by or belonging to Reverend R.W. Large, MD which depict communities on the Northwest Coast between approximately 1898 and 1920 including Bella Bella, Rivers Inlet, and Port Simpson, including native villages in which Reverend Large worked. Images show scenes of native fishing, canneries, mission hospitals, churches, girls schools, portraits of native families, and Northwest Coast totems. Other images include 25+ photographs and postcards from the Large family depicting ships and boats on the North Coast.

          Cannery buildings
          2004.2.1.72 · Item · 1898-1920
          Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

          Photograph depicts cannery buildings on pilings with a body of water in the foreground and tree covered mountains in the background.

          Tow of cannery fishing boats
          2004.2.1.104 · Item · 1898-1920
          Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

          Photograph depicts a tug boat hauling a line of small fishing boats across the water with a mountain in the background. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Tow of Cannery Fishing boats"

          Namu Cannery
          2004.2.1.69 · Item · [between 1898 and 1910]
          Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

          Photograph depicts a cannery on pilings with a body of water in the foreground with a forested area in the background.