Photograph depicts a derelict shovel beside the coaling wharves at Union Bay.
Photograph depicts a Ruston steam roller owned by Gary Wellburn in Duncan, BCIt was previously owned by the Oak Bay municipality.
Photograph depicts a water wagon made in Chicago on the south side of the Westminster Highway on Lulu Island. It was 1 mile east of #6 Road. The water wagon was undated.
Photograph depicts a steam crane at the Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. on 145 West First Ave in Vancouver, BC
Photograph depicts a Ruston steam roller owned by Gary Wellburn in Duncan, BC
Photograph depicts an old pelton wheel at a former quarry at Granite Falls on the northeast head of the Indian Arm.
Photograph depicts a recently used steam crane, but driven by compressed air, at a former quarry at Granite Falls on the northeast end of the Indian Arm. The timbers on of the cabin were thick to withstand the blasting rock falls.
Photograph depicts a horse drawn hay rack in a field on the north slopes of Vedder Mountain, near Yarrow.
Photograph depicts a 10 ton Wallis & Stevens Ltd. #7985 steam roller. It was built at Basingstoke, England from about 1925 to 1927. It is located at 6110 Curtis St. in Burnaby, BC
Photograph depicts a ranch at the upper and east end of Nicola Lake, 20 miles northeast of Merritt. It has a steam traction engine and thresher, last used agriculturally about 10 years ago. Steamed and moved in 1964 for C.B.C.
Photograph depicts a grader at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum
Photograph depicts a C.P.R. steam driven tracked crane at Revelstoke, BCIt was only marked "C.P. Service E.I."
Photograph depicts a traction engine at a ranch on Nicola Lake, near Merritt. The engine was made by Nichols-Shepard Co. at Battle Creek, Michigan and named the "Red River Special." It is undated and has 2 cylinders, side tanks, 16-10 horse power, wood burner, firebox 5 ft. long.
Photograph depicts a graveyard at a church in Nicola, 7 miles northeast of Merritt. The church was built in 1876, and the cast iron gravestone is unusual.
Photograph depicts an abandoned coal mine in Coal Creek, 5 miles east of Fernie, BCThe entrance to the mine is unusual and is 2/3rds up the mountainside. The mine was closed in 1959. Flat ground in foreground is littered with at least 100 mine tubs of approximately 3'0' gauge.
Photograph depicts an airplane belonging to the 407 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force. It is located in Nanton in southwest Alberta, standing beside the highway at the edge of town.
Photograph depicts a grave in the churchyard of Murray Church in Nicola, near Merritt. The church was built in 1876, which makes it one of the oldest churches in the interior of B.C. The gravestone shows a death in 1882, of a son aged 14.
Photograph depicts the mine buildings of the mine at Coal Creek that closed in 1959. The newer buildings date to circa 1930. Much of the standard gauge trackage of Morrissey, Fernie, and Michel railway (subsidiary of the Great Northern Railway) in mine area remains. The track between Coal Creek and Fernie has not been lifted.
Photograph depicts a Rumely oil tractor #1237 , type M, RPM 640. At sea level develops 35 Brake H.P. and 20 drawbar H.P. It was made by Advance Rumely Co. Inc. at Battle Creek, Michigan. The tractor is located at High River, Alberta, 40 miles south of Calgary.
Photograph depicts Belmont Park Fort on the west side of Esquimalt Harbour. It was built by the British Royal Engineers in 1895 to protect the naval base. Photo shows the lower fort with 2 gun emplacements.
Photograph depicts the entrance to the magazine feeding gun emplacement in the lower fort of Belmont Park Fort in Esquimalt Harbour.
Photograph depicts one of the 2 gun emplacements in the lower fort of Belmont Park Fort protecting Esquimalt Harbour.
Photograph depicts the one and only gun emplacement in the upper fort of Belmont Park Fort protecting Esquimalt Harbour.
Photograph depicts Shaughnessy Golf Course after its closure but before its destruction. The view is looking east from the clubhouse at the first tee and fairway.
Photograph depicts Stan Rowebotham and Ted Izzard in front of the disused club house of the abandoned Shaughnessy Golf Course.
Photograph depicts the Shaughnessy Golf Course abandoned but still played upon. There is an excavator working on drainage for a subdivision in the middle distance. The view is looking southwest from the corner of the course at Oak and 33rd Ave. in Vancouver, BC
Photograph depicts a derelict early type of gas station on the south outskirts of Nanaimo on the old coast road.
Photograph depicts an old truck in daily use on East Hastings St. in Vancouver, BC
Photograph depicts an old gas station at 1603 West 3rd Ave. and Fir St. in Vancouver, BC
Photograph depicts one of the few surviving hand operated gas pumps, halfway between Campbell River and Kelsey Bay, BCWithin three months this gas station will have electricity.
Photograph depicts a truck at the Teepoortens Truck and Equipment Rentals Ltd., located at 950 West 6th Ave. in Vancouver, BC
Photograph depicts an old hotel sightseeing bus built prior to 1923. It is located at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum.
Photograph depicts gas pumps and buckboard at Kingsbaker Creek, at the southeast end of Mara Lake on Highway 97A, about 10 miles south of Sicamous.
Photograph depicts a horse drawn wagon at Kingbaker Creek on the southeast end of Mara Lake, south of Sicamous on highway 97A.
Photograph depicts former tram tracks down east Georgia St. in east Vancouver, BC
Photograph depicts former tram tracks, looking north from the intersection at Campbell Ave and east Georgia St. in Vancouver, BC
Photograph depicts former tram tracks at the north end of Fu St. on the south side of False Creek in Vancouver, BC
Photograph depicts former tram tracks still intact at east Georgia St. and Campbell Ave. in the east end of Vancouver, BCThe tracks continued forward and crossed the low ground on a trestle.
Photograph depicts the site of former single tram tracks going east up Frances St., near Commercial Dr., in east Vancouver, BC
Photograph depicts former tram tracks in Vancouver, BCPhotograph taken from the intersection of Fir St. and a piece (in the left hand of photo) leading to First Ave., with the B.C. Electric Railway behind.
Photograph depicts a homemade wheel barrow with a leather covered wheel. It was outside an old timer's shed at Porpoise Bay, Sechelt village, on the Sechelt Peninsula.
Photograph depicts a notice found on old North Vancouver Ferry #3, moored as a tender at Western Fish Boat Works, Queensborough, Lulu Island. It was signed by the Corporation of North Vancouver.
Photograph depicts stoves taken from railway equipment at the C.N. Port Mann repair shops. Left and middle stove are of the same design.
Photograph depicts one of the three remaining fire hydrants on location of the former Chinatown in Nanaimo, BCIt was provided and installed by the Chinese and not the city of Nanaimo. The hydrant had no identification marks.
Photograph depicts a Gaar Scott traction engine in working order, steamed twice a year at least. It was built by the M. Rumely Co. in Richmond, Indiana, U.S. The engine is a #16541, has 25 horse power, and 2 cylinders. It was photographed at Texaco Station in Nanton, Alberta. It was owned by Jack burrows of Nanton.
Photograph depicts a steam box for bending ships' timbers. It is located at River Road in north Surrey, opposite Annacis Island.
Photograph depicts one of three fire hydrants in the former Chinatown in Nanaimo, BC Chinatown was destroyed by a fire in 1955. The hydrant as cast initials, "T.C.I.W."
Photograph depicts the rear view of the Gaar Scott traction engine parked at Texcoc Station in Nanton, Alberta. The rear wheels have a 2'9" tread. It was used on farms for haulage, threshing, chaff cutting etc., but not plowing.
Photograph depicts traction engines owned by Jack Burrows in Nanton, Alberta. There are six in this photo, all of which appear could be steamed, another two in derelict condition, and one in the village in working order. Running from front to rear in the photo: 1) Reeves with roof, U.S. 2) Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 3) Massey, Canada 4) Gaar Scott with roof, U.S. 5) Massey, Hamilton, Canada 6) Gaar Scott, U.S.
Photograph depicts a Sawyer Massey steam engine in Nanton, Alberta. It was built in Hamilton, Ontario. It has a single cylinder and large fire box for burning wood or straw.